Description |
259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Series |
Innovation in GIS |
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Innovation in GIS
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Contents |
1. Development in GIS for environmental decision-making -- Pt. 1. Data for decision-making -- 2. An optimized semi-autonomous methodology for populating a national land-use dataset -- 3. A new framework for feature-based digital mapping in three-dimensional space -- 4. From electronic logbooks to sustainable marine environments: a GIS to support the common fisheries policy -- Pt. 2. Tools to support decision-making -- 5. GIS and environmental decision-making: from sites to strategies and back again -- 6. Creating a digital representation of the water table in a sandstone aquifer -- 7. GIS and predictive modelling: a comparison of methods for forest management and decision-making -- 8. A comparison of two techniques for local land-use change simulation in the Swiss mountain area -- 9. 'Riding an elephant to catch a grasshopper': applying and evaluating techniques for stakeholder participation in land-use planning within the Kae watershed, Northern Thailand -- 10. Grid-enabled GIS: opportunities and challenges -- Pt. 3. Participation in decision-making -- 11. Developments in public participation and collaborative environmental decision-making -- 12. Using virtual reality to simulate coastal erosion: a participative decision tool? -- 13. Multiple windows on accessibility: an evaluation of campus buildings by mobility-impaired and able-bodied participants using PPGIS -- 14. Visualization techniques to support planning of renewable energy developments -- 15. The social implications of developing a web-GIS: observations from studies in rural Bavaria, Germany |
Summary |
"GIS for Environmental Decision-Making takes an interdisciplinary look at the capacities of GIS to integrate, analyze, and display data on which decisions must be based. It 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." |
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"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. The first section stresses the ability to integrate data from different sources as a defining characteristic of GIS and illustrates the benefits that this can bring in the context of deriving land use and other information. The second section discusses a range of issues concerning the use of GIS for suitability mapping and strategic planning exercises through illustrative examples. The last section of the book focuses on the use of GIS-based techniques to facilitate public participation in decision-making processes. In particular, it provides an overview of developments in this area, concentrating on how GIS, modeling, and 3D landscape visualization techniques are gradually achieving closer integration."--BOOK JACKET |
Analysis |
GIS |
Notes |
Papers from the GIS Research UK (GISRUK) 12th Annual Conference held at the University of East Anglia, Norwich; April 28-30, 2004 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Innovations in GIS no:12 |
Subject |
Environmental monitoring -- Data processing -- Congresses.
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Environmental policy -- Decision making -- Congresses.
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Environmental policy -- Decision making -- Equipment and supplies -- Congresses.
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Environmental policy -- Decision making.
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Environmental sciences -- Information technology -- Congresses.
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Geographic information systems -- Congresses.
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Geographic information systems.
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Author |
Appleton, Katy, 1975-
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Lovett, Andrew A.
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University of East Anglia.
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LC no. |
2007034392 |
ISBN |
0849374235 (alk. paper) |
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9780849374234 (alk. paper) |
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