Effective disaster management is one of the most important challenges faced on the global
scale. The inaccessibility of large parts of terrain despite the urgent need of support
immediately following a disaster poses one of the major hindrances during the management
process. Over the years, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly being used to
provide aid in many disaster management operations and help increase the effectiveness of
a disaster response. This chapter highlights the various uses of UAVs in disaster …