2009 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV Online Program

Paper Session: 4234 Hazards, GIS, and Remote Sensing 2 is scheduled on Wednesday, 3/25/09, from 10:10 AM - 11:50 AM in Skybox 206, Riviera Hotel, 2nd Floor Sponsorship(s): Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group Remote Sensing Specialty Group Hazards Specialty Group Organizer(s): Tom Cova - University of Utah Michael E. Hodgson - University of South Carolina Chair(s): Nathan Kettle - University of South Carolina Abstract(s):   10:10 AM   Author(s): *Chris Robinson - NOAA Coastal Services Center Keil Schmid - NOAA Coastal Services Center Danielle Bamford - NOAA Coastal Services Center Nate Herold - NOAA Coastal Services Center  Abstract Title: Evaluating the Local Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Marshes 10:30 AM   Author(s): *Melissa Rosa - Geography Department, San Diego State University  Abstract Title: Mapping of Fuels at the Wildland-Urban Interface for Wildfire Modeling Using Color Ortho-Image and LiDAR Data 10:50 AM   Author(s): *Jessica D Jones - Oak Ridge National Laboratory  Abstract Title: Estimating Dynamic Populations at Special Events 11:10 AM   Author(s): *Nathan Kettle - University of South Carolina  Abstract Title: Evaluating the historical development of sea level rise vulnerability models 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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