Geographic Information and Cartography for Risk and Crisis ManagementCartography and geographic information (GI) are remarkably appropriate for the requirements of early warning (EW) and crisis management (CM). The use of geospatial technology has increased tremendously in the last years. ICT has changed from just using maps created in advance, to new approaches, allowing individuals (decision makers) to use cartography interactively, on the basis of individual user's requirements. The new generation of cartographic