Table 1 Recent studies in UAVs and hazards, disaster risk and emergency management, showing the main research directions

1

x

x

x

T

Mapping; Compared fixed wings against multirotor & rapid photogrammetry processing against precise slow method.

Boccardo et al. (2015)

2

x

x

Th

Discuss the use of UAV in disasters and accident as a new frontier in human activity observations and provide technical developments

Choi and Lee (2011), Di Franco and Salvatori (2015)

3

x

x

x

T, Th

Use UAVs as telecommunication relay replacement in disaster impacted areas/simulation of network efficiency

Bupe et al. (2015), Dalmasso et al. (2012), Tuna et al. (2014)

4

x

x

x

T, A

Earthquake

UAV photogrammetry at different altitude for Sichuan Earthquake Recovery Mgt

Merdaway and Guvenc (2015)

5

x

x

x

x

A

Flood

Urban flood mapping using random forest algorithm from UAV acquired data

Xie et al. (2014), Feng et al. (2015)

6

x

x

T

Real time mapping and communication with authorities for hazard and emergency mapping

Suzuki et al. (2008)

7

x

x

x

x

Th

Food and relief material transport

Nedjati et al. (2016)

8

x

x

x

Th, T

Earthquake

Use photographs and pointclouds acquired from the ground and UAV to detect earthquake impacts on buildings

Vetrivel et al. (2015)

9

x

x

x

x

A

Landslides and debris flows

Use of a fix-wing based imagery for post-landslide and debris-flow

Liu et al. (2015)

10

x

x

A

UAV-based imagery to monitor change in different environments including post-disaster

Ezequiel et al. (2014)