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REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES IN POST-DISASTER DAMAGE ASSESSMENT

Department of Urban Environment Systems, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan

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National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan

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Abstract

This paper highlights the recent applications of remote sensing technologies in post-disaster damage assessment, especially in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the 2006 Central Java earthquake. After the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, satellite images which captured the affected areas before and after the event were fully employed in field investigations and in tsunami damage mapping. Since the affected areas are vast, moderate resolution satellite images were quite effective in change detection due to the tsunami. Using high-resolution optical satellite images acquired before and after the 2006 Central Java earthquake, the areas of building damage were extracted based on pixel-based and object-based land cover classifications and their accuracy was compared with visual inspection results. In the Central Java earthquake, ALOS/PALSAR captured a SAR image of the affected area one day after the event as well as pre-event times. Taking the difference of the pre-event correlation and the pre-and-post event correlation, the areas affected by the earthquake were also identified. From these examples, the use of proper satellite imagery is suggested considering the area to cover, sensor type, spatial resolution, satellite's retake time etc., in post-disaster damage assessment.

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