EDITORIAL Early warning and disaster management: the importance of geographicinformation (Part A)

摘要

Natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, fires, droughts, landslides and others occur frequently in most parts of our world. Therefore, many activities are being carried out to improve especially the Early Warning (EW) for disasters, but also all other phases of Disaster Management (DM) such as preparedness, awareness, response, recovery and mitigation.