Geospatial technologies in environmental management
By: Nancy Hoalst-Pullen, Mark W. Patterson, editors
Series: Geotechnologies and the environment -- v. 3; Geotechnologies and the environment -- 3.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Dordrecht; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9789048195244; 9789048195251
Subjects: Environmental geotechnology; Geospatial data; Environmental management; Geographic information systems
Description: The book explores new approaches and applications of geospatial technologies to understand past, present and future impacts environmental policies and management practices have on the landscape.&nbsp; From forestry to water use, and from wildlife management to agricultural practices, this collection of&nbsp;case studies examines the application of geospatial technologies in managing natural resources, land use, and environmental systems.&nbsp; These case studies are current and&nbsp;written by&nbsp;leading international geospatial technology practitioners. They also incorporate the causative and resultant roles of environmental policies and management within a geospatial context.&nbsp; The&nbsp;book is scientific and research-oriented, yet appealing to a broad audience interested in environmental applications of geospatial technologies, thus making it an important reference source for the fields of GIS, remote sensing, geography, environmental policy and environmental science.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Geotechnologies in environmental management / Mark W. Patterson and Nancy Hoalst-Pullen; title: Modeling post-eruption habitat changes for deer at Mount St. Helens using remote sensing and GIS / Ronald W. Davis, Louis C. Bender, Paul W. Mausel, Leonardo Chapa-Vargas, and Richard E. Warner; title: Pyrogeography : mapping and understanding the spatial patterns of wildfire / Michael J. Medler; title: Assisting natural resource management in Mammoth Cave National Park using geospatial technology / Songlin Fei, Matthew Crawford, and Joe Schibig; title: Geospatial techniques to assess high mountain hazards : a case study on California Rock Glacier and an application for management in the Andes / Jason R. Janke and Antonio Bellisario; title: Glacier inventory : a case in semiarid Chile / Jorge Marín and José Araos; title: Employing a geographic information system for wetlands management in Nebraska's Rainwater Basin / James W. Merchant and Patti R. Dappen; title: The effects  of land cover change : increasing watershed imperviousness in Kentucky / Demetrio P. Zourarakis and Brian D. Lee; title: Exploring the spatially varying impact of urbanization on water quality in eastern Massachusetts using geographically weighted regression / Jun Tu; title: Application of GIS in evaluating the potential impacts of land application of biosolids on human health / Kevin P. Czajkowdki, April Ames, Bhuiyan Alam, Sheryl Milz, Robert Vincent, Wendy McNulty, Timothy W. Ault, MIchael Bisesi, Brian Fink, Sadik Khuder, Teresa Benko, James Coss, David Czajkowski, Subramania Sritharan, Krishakumar Nedunuri, Stanislov Nikolov, Jason Witter, and Alison Spongberg; title: Remote sensing, public health & disaster mitigation / Gilbert L. Rochon, Joseph E. Quansah, Souleymane Fall, Bereket Araya, Larry L. Biehl, Thierno Thiam, Sohaib Ghani, Lova Rakotomalala, Hildred S. Rochon, Angel Torres Valcarcel, Bertin Hilaire Mbongo, Jinha Jung, Darion Grant, Wonkook Kim, Abdur Rahman M. Maud, and Chetan Maringanti.