A system for survival
Subtitle: GIS and sustainable development
By: Allan Falconer and Joyce Foresman, editors ; with contributions from Basanta Shrestha ... [et al.].
Contributors: Falconer, Allan.; Foresman, Joyce.; Shrestha, Basanta Raj.
Publisher: ESRI Press; Esri Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Redlands, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 114
Subjects: Sustainable development -- Remote sensing; Sustainable development -- Geographic information systems; Geographic information systems
Other titles: GIS and sustainable development
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Sustainable development and geographic information systems / Allan Falconer; title: The earth charter; title: Themes: Respect and care for the community of life ; Ecological integrity ; Social and economic justice ; Democracy, nonviolence, and peace / Allan Falconer ; Environmental pollution / Munyaradzi Chenje ; Biodiversity / Jinhua Zhang ; Climate change / Volodymyr Demkine ; Deforestation / Christian Lambrechts ; Food production / Timo Maukonen ; Fresh water supply / Salif Diop ; Health and disease / Munyaradzi Chenje ; Urbanization / Jay Moor ; Mountain development / Jinhua Zhang ; Rural development ; Poverty reduction / Joyce Foresman; title: Methods and tools / Tim Foresman; title: GIS for beginners / Basanta Shrestha, Birendra Bajracharya, Sushil Pradhan; title: Glossary.