GIS for Environmental Decision-Making

Although environmental problems have always being with us on the earth’s surface, however, the world at present is faced with environmental problems of unprecedented proportions (earthquakes, volcanic eruption, landslides, tsunamis erosion forest fires etc.).These problems either natural, man-made or both and have tremendous impacts on the quality of life on earth. A clear understanding and solution to some of the problems require specialized knowledge of cause of the events, the processes involved, their impacts and possible mitigation and solutions. Geography and geospatial studies offers a unique opportunity to understand these problems and deal with them. GIS for example benefits the society in that it help us in deriving information for decision-making, strategic planning exercises, and finding solutions to spatially related problems. GIS for Environmental Decision-Making is a textbook that provides a broad prospective on the current state of GIS for environmental decision-making and emphasizes the importance of matters related to data, analysis, and modeling tools, as well as stakeholder participation insight into The book is divided into three sections, which effectively relate to three key aspects of the decision-making process as supported by GIS: data required, tools being developed, and aspects of participation. GIS for Environmental Decision-Making also provides a clear illustration of how the use of GIS can make significant contributions to trans-disciplinary initiatives to address environmental problems. Boek.net - GIS for Environmental Decision-Making - - Gratis verzending