The Joint Board of Geospatial Information Societies (JB-GIS,
http://www.fig.net/jbgis/) and
UN-SPIDER jointly invite you to contribute to a “Best Practices
Booklet on Geo-information for Risk and Disaster Management” that
will create a decision support forum based on the knowledge and
experience of experts, and outline the potential uses of the
Geo-Information Technologies to governmental, institutional and
operative decision makers. The Booklet is intended to cover all regions
of the world and all phases of the disaster management cycle. The
abstracts should not exceed 400 words and should outline a successful
application, including data acquisition, information extraction and
dissemination, and a clear statement of the benefits and further
potential of the practice described as compared to classical methods.
The deadline for submitting the abstracts is 30 April 2009 and
the deadline for submission of the selected full papers is 30
September 2009. Publication and worldwide announcement of the “Best
Practices Booklet” is planned for 2 July 2010 in Vienna at UN-SPIDER.
Please submit the abstracts to Prof. Piero Boccardo (piero.boccardo (at)
polito.it). Read more...
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