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In the future, the satnav system Beidou could take an even bigger role
Beidou: Chinese satnav system sees increased civilian use
For 42 days, the journal will present compelling stories about resilient people
Disaster Resilience Journal: 42 Days of Disaster Resilience
Asia is the world's most disaster-prone region of the world
UN-SPIDER participates in Asia-Pacific Policy Makers Dialogue
Viet Nam is regularly affected by disasters including typhoons and floods
Viet Nam: UN-SPIDER Workshop and Exercises scheduled in November
Sri Lanka is often affected by heavy precipitation and floods.
Sri Lanka: UN-SPIDER to conduct training programme in November
India's own navigation satellite system will benefit disaster management
India will launch navigation satellite in October
Holuhraun Lava Field seen from space on 20 September 2014
Iceland: New satellite pictures of volcanic eruptions
Initially, topographic data for Africa will be published followed by Latin America and the Caribbean
NASA: High-resolution topographic data soon available globally
SWIR on WorldView-3 can see through dense fire smoke detecting hot spots and flame fronts.
SWIR sensor: Seeing through active fire smoke
Participants of the training programme in Beijing.
UN-SPIDER Training Course on Space Technologies for Drought Monitoring
Experts from IRIDeS, the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Chiba University and DLR joined the UN-SPIDER mini-workshop.
UN-SPIDER hosts joint Workshop on Remote Sensing and Multi-Risk Modeling for Disaster Management
The Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction will take place in 2015.
Arab States discuss post-2015 disaster risk reduction
VADUGS-derived column concentration of volcanic ash in grams per square metre for the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in 2010
German Aerospace Center develops satellite-based volcanic ash tool
Situation Map - Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, France
Floods in France: International Charter activated
The report states that almost 22 million people were displaced by disasters in 2013.
Disaster statistics: 22 million people displaced in 2013
Classification of a Forest Fire in Salamanca Island Road Park, Colombia, based on a 8 LDCM Landsat image
IGAC: Development of Forest Fire Detection and Classification App
Asia is heavily and frequently affected by disasters. Here: 2004 tsunami in Indonesia
Singapore sets up regional disaster relief centre
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of the floods.
Floods in Pakistan: International Charter activated
UN-SPIDER Beijing Conference "Multi-hazard Disaster Risk Assessment"
Dubai seen from space
UAE: Remote Sensing Applications Competition
The flooding has been particularly strong along the Brahmaputra River
Satellites capture exceptional 2014 floods in Bangladesh
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