"Satellite applications are being developed by an increasingly complex web of supplyside stakeholders and are being applied across a range of use cases in the life cycle of a humanitarian emergency. However, there is a limited body of evidence to offer humanitarians guidance on where satellite technology generates the best outcomes for affected populations due to the identified barriers. Now is the time for public and private sector stakeholders to act in order to increase the use of and impact derived from satellite applications in humanitarian assistance." (Executive summary, page 8)
Background, 9
Humanitarian emergencies, 12
Environmental and situational data for humanitarian decision-making, 19
Ecosystem of satellite applications for humanitarian emergencies, 23
Satellite applications, 32
Satellite applications industry, 45
Landscape of humanitarian satellite applications, 57
Overcoming barriers to uptake of satellite applications in humanitarian emergencies, 68
Conclusions, 87
Annex 1: Philippines Typhoon Haiyan Case Study, 90
Annex 2: East Africa Case Study, 91