Disaster Management
Disaster can be managed well through spatial planning and one requires a GIS (Geographical Information System) for such a management.
- Data on the disastrous phenomena (for example, landslides, floods, earthquakes), their location, frequency, magnitude, frequency and so on.
- Data on the environment in which the disastrous events might take place: topography, geology, geomorphology, soils, hydrology, land use, vegetation and so on.
- Data on elements that might be destroyed if the event takes place: infrastructure, settlement, population, socioeconomic data and so on.
