Addressing the disaster risk reduction needs of end users in emerging countries using Earth Observation (EO) data and innovative risk products as a part of the “Modelling Exposure through Earth Observation Routines (METEOR)” project.

Shubharoop Ghosh1, Charles K Huyck1, Melisa Huyck2, Ronald T Eguchi1, Colm Jordan3, Annie Winson3, Kay B Smith4, John Rees3, Vitor Silva5, Paul Henshaw5, Christopher Sampson6, Mhairi Elizabeth O'Hara7, Luca Petrarulo8, Aileen Lyon8, Charles Msangi9, Ganesh Jimee10, Sharad Wagle10, Bimal Regmi10, Shamim Zakaria8 and John Kiriwai9, (1)ImageCat, Inc., Long Beach, CA, United States, (2)ImageCat, Inc., Long Beach, United States, (3)British Geological Survey Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom, (4)British Geological Survey Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, (5)Global Earthquake Model Foundation, Pavia, Italy, (6)Fathom, Bristol, United Kingdom, (7)Humanitarian OpenStreetMap, Washington DC, United States, (8)Oxford Policy Management, Oxford, United Kingdom, (9)Disaster Management Department, Dodoma, Tanzania, (10)National Society for Earthquake Technology Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal