2009 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV Online Program

Paper Session: 4134 Hazards, GIS, and Remote Sensing 1 is scheduled on Wednesday, 3/25/09, from 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM in Skybox 206, Riviera Hotel, 2nd Floor Sponsorship(s): Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group Hazards Specialty Group Remote Sensing Specialty Group Organizer(s): Michael E. Hodgson - University of South Carolina Tom Cova - University of Utah Chair(s): Tom Cova - University of Utah Abstract(s):   8:00 AM   Author(s): *Pamela S. Showalter, JMLC Director and Research Associate Professor - Texas State University-San Marcos Yongmei Lu, Associate Professor - Texas State University-San Marcos  Abstract Title: Recent Developments in the Use of Geographic Information Technology for Urban Hazard and Disaster Research 8:20 AM   Author(s): *Laura Siebeneck - University of Utah Thomas J Cova - University of Utah  Abstract Title: Using GIS to explore evacuee behavior before, during, and after the 2008 Cedar Rapids Flood. 8:40 AM   Author(s): *Michael E. Hodgson - University of South Carolina Bandana Kar - University of Southern Mississippi  Abstract Title: Line Definition and Generalization at the Process Scale: A Hurricane Coastline Example 9:00 AM   Author(s): *Philip E. Dennison - University of Utah  Abstract Title: Detecting Wildfires in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data 9:20 AM   Author(s): *Tom Cova - University of Utah Laura K. Siebeneck - University of Utah Frank A. Drews - University of Utah Adrian Musters - University of Utah  Abstract Title: Evacuation versus shelter-in-place in wildfires: the incident commander perspective Session Description: With each major hazard event in recent years, innovative applications of digital geographic information emerge.  The broad theme of these sessions is the use of GIScience approaches for studying, planning for, and responding to natural and technological disasters and hazards.   These sessions include both the development of GIScience approaches and the application of such approaches to hazards problems.  This includes, but is not limited to: * Methods for /modeling/ and /mapping/ hazardscapes, risk, and vulnerability * Change detection in hazards * Spatial decision support systems in emergency management * Geographic modeling in emergency response/recovery and mitigation planning * Remote Sensing approaches in emergency response/recovery and mitigation planning * Geographic information in hazards and the media * Uncertainty in geographic data and modeling in emergencies and hazard modeling * The changing role of geographic information in hazards * Social/Institutional issues with GIScience approaches in Emergency Response

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