UN-SPIDER: Supporting Disaster Management from Space (Earthzine)

UN-SPIDER: Supporting Disaster Management from Space

A comprehensive article by UN-SPIDER in the Disaster Management-special issue of Earthzine, covering UN-SPIDER's role and activities as well as the importance of space-based information for disaster management.

In this article:

  • What is UN-SPIDER?
  • The UN-SPIDER network
  • UN-SPIDER activities: Technical Advisory Support and SpaceAid
  • The UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal
  • UN-SPIDER: Closing the gap
  • An exemplary case: Haiti earthquake 2010

 


UN-SPIDER: Supporting Disaster Management from Space, in: Earthzine, posted on 9 March 2011.

Available online on http://www.earthzine.org/2011/03/09/un-spider-supporting-disaster-management-from-space/