Application of RPAs to disaster risk reduction in Brazil: application in the analysis of urban floods

Geotechnologies have significant potential for application in socio-environmental analysis coupled to disaster risk reduction. Equipment and applications are available that are supported by scientific computing, promoting advances in the acquisition and processing of remote sensing data. Among these are of two types: (a) the associated equipment to technology LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), and b) Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) with platforms of remote sensors. Have been observed in recent an expansion of studies that have the potential for application of the sensors equipped in RPAS for environmental studies, especially those that evaluate the impacts of natural disasters. In this context, the aim of this research is to demonstrate the possibilities of applications in the collection of data of interest in the management of natural disasters using RPAS. Associated with this task is also the prospect of putting at stake some techniques of scientific computing necessary for the implementation of applications. What seeks to, with these activities, to contribute to the advancement of the employment of RPAS in managing and preventing the risk of natural disasters.The accepted manuscript in pdf format is listed with the files at the bottom of this page. The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the manuscript may differ slightly between what is listed on this page and what is listed in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript; that in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript is what was submitted by the author