%A XU Peng-jie,DENG Lei %T Application of Remote Sensing in the Field of Disaster Reduction and Response %0 Journal Article %D 2011 %J Remote Sensing Technology and Application %R 10.11873/j.issn.1004-0323.2011.4.512 %P 512-519 %V 26 %N 4 %U {http://www.rsta.ac.cn/CN/abstract/article_1965.shtml} %8 2011-08-20 %X

Remote sensing technology has been widely used in disaster reduction and response works in earthquakes,floods and typhoons.It plays an important role in stage of warning,monitoring,rescue,assessment and brings us a new way to know the disaster better.Combined with its own characteristics in accessing information,this paper analyzes the advantages of remote sensing technology in disaster reduction.With the detailed description of their data parameters,it introduces the common remote sensing data used in disaster information access and summarizes the application status of them.This paper also discusses the major role of remote sensing in different disaster management phases,such as warning,monitoring,relief,assessment and recovery.After analyzing the data characteristics and its processing methods,it introduces some practical application in different type of disaster.At the end,the application and development trend of remote sensing technology in disaster reduction and response has been discussed.