Maps: Consistency in the mapping of hazards in land use plans is an area for improvement.
The main usages of UAVs are the mapping of land features and their evolution over time, the mapping of hazards and disasters as they happen, the observation of human activity during an emergency or a disaster, the replacement of telecommunication structures impacted by a natural hazards and the transport of material to isolated groups.
In particular we applied a novel approach in identification, characterization and mapping of hazards particularly flooding, erosions, debris-flows and various types of slope failures or landslides as hazards and identified vulnerable issues and suggest the adaptation techniques for sustainable development.
Traditionally, community level information has been collected at the community level by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), governments, and others in flood risk zones using participatory methods such as Participatory Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (PVCA) resulting in a variety of different products, for example, maps of hazard, flood extent, exposure, and risk (Fig. 1a).
We show how mapping of seismic hazard based on our method, which uses Uniform Hazard Spectra (UHS) eliminates these difficulties.
Spatial mapping of the hazard parameters is performed on Geographic Information System (GIS) platform.
Geomorphological characteristics including slope, drainage density, soil types (Meraj et al. 2013) and rainfall (because it is the intense rainfall that triggered flooding) are the various factors taken into account in the mapping of the hazard.
Land use plans lead in the mapping of natural hazards, with flood extents being mapped most often.
Open image in new window Fig. 2 Scale mapping of natural hazards with a former district forester and farmer family in Safien, Switzerland.
Preparedness includes the mapping of potential hazards and its sites, identification of required resources and capacity to support the required operations during the public health emergency (26).
