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**7** 

Qi Wen et al.\*

*China* 

*National Disaster Reduction Center of China* 

**High Resolution Remote Sensing Images** 

**Based Catastrophe Assessment Method** 

In recent years, there seems to be more and more occurrences of natural disasters happening around the world due to abnormal climate change. To deal with natural disasters, disaster assessment technology will provide technical support and help facilitate decision making for disaster relief, disaster prevention and reduction, post-disaster recovery and reconstruction (The six editing room of Press of China Standards, 2010). Airborne remote sensing and satellite remote sensing, which feature no time limitation, no geographical restriction, wide coverage and high accuracy, are widely used in disaster assessment scenario, because they can provide prompt and accurate information (Xie & Zhang, 2000). After several earthquakes happened around China (Xingtai, Haicheng, Tangshan, Longling, Datong) during 1970s and 1980s, China had widely implemented airborne remote sensing photography and seismic damage interpretation (Zhang, 1993). Remote sensing had also played an important role in disaster assessment of recent occurring disasters, including Wenchuan Earthquake, Yushu Earthquake, Zhouqu Debris flow and Yingjiang Earthquake (Chen et al., 2008; Shi et al., 2010). This chapter will mainly discuss the catastrophe assessment method and technical flow used by National Disaster Reduction Center of China (NDRCC) during Wenchuan Earthquake(2008), Yushu Earthquake(2010), Zhouqu Debris Flow(2010). Further discussion

Traditionally, catastrophe assessment process can be divided into three major steps: disaster scope assessment, physical quantity assessment and direct economic losses assessment. In addition, two assessment processes: rapid disaster assessment and ground investigation process are needed to supplement the major steps. Rapid disaster assessment is usually carried out to preliminarily judge the disaster condition after the disaster occurred. The reported data from Rapid Disaster Assessment, combined with that from following Disaster Scope Assessment, are integrated to have an overview of disaster scope and extent. Another supplementary process, Ground Investigation Process, is usually carried out to cross-

Yida Fan, Siquan Yang, Shirong Chen, Haixia He, Sanchao Liu, Wei Wu, Lei Wang, Juan Nie, Wei

Wang, Baojun Zhang, Feng Xu, Tong Tang, Zhiqiang Lin, Ping Wang and Wei Zhang

**1. Introduction** 

and advises are also given.

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**2. The flow of catastrophe assessment method** 

*National Disaster Reduction Center of China, China*

