Abstract
Responding to catastrophic natural disasters requires critical information. When lives and everyday activities are interrupted by crises such as earthquakes, landslides, volcanoes, hurricanes, and floods, timely satellite imagery and aerial photographs become invaluable tools in revealing post-disaster conditions and in aiding disaster response and recovery efforts. An international group of satellite data providers manages a cooperative program to provide emergency response satellite data to communities affected by major natural and anthropogenic disasters. The International Charter ‘Space and Major Disasters’ (“Charter”) draws on the capabilities and resources of fifteen space agencies and a number of cooperators to quickly provide imagery and supplemental information for relief efforts in response to major disasters. Repeatedly, the Charter and its resources have provided valuable assets in assisting with global disaster recovery activities.
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The authors would like to thank all member agencies of the International Charter ‘Space and Major Disasters’ for their contributions to the Charter and allowing access to the Charter materials used in this publication. Special thanks go to Amy McGuire, Satellite Data Services Specialist, Canadian Space Agency, for her assistance in providing edits and illustrations.
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Jones, B., Stryker, T., Mahmood, A., Platzeck, G. (2015). The International Charter ‘Space and Major Disasters’. In: Lippitt, C., Stow, D., Coulter, L. (eds) Time-Sensitive Remote Sensing. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2602-2_6
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