Geospatial techniques in urban hazard and disaster analysis
By: Pamela S. Showalter, Yongmei Lu, editors
Series: Geotechnologies and the environment -- v. 2; Geotechnologies and the environment -- v. 2.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Dordrecht; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9789048122370; 9789048122387
Subjects: Emergency management; Computer network resources; Geospatial data; Urban policy; Geographic information systems
Description: This book examines how Geographic Information Technologies (GIT) are being implemented to improve our understanding of a variety of hazard and disaster situations. The volume is a compilation of recent research using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing (RS) and other technologies such as Global Positioning Systems (GPS) to examine urban hazard and disaster issues. The goal is to improve and advance the use of such technologies during four classic phases of hazard and disaster research: response, recovery, preparation and mitigation. The focus is on urban areas, broadly defined in order to encompass rapidly growing and densely populated areas. The material presented is multidisciplinary, with contributions from scholars in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America, and is presented in five key sections: sea level rise and flood analysis earthquakes and tsunamis and international applications hurricane response/recovery metropolitan case studies evacuation studies This volume contributes to our understanding of extreme events in urban environments with the use of GIT and expanding its role at the local, regional, state and federal levels. The book is a valuable reference for academic researchers and professionals and practitioners working in hazard management and mitigation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Modeling sea-level rise and surge in low-lying urban areas using spatial data, geographic information systems, and animation methods / E. Lynn Usery, Jinmu Choi, and Michael P. Finn; title: Urban expansion and sea-level rise related flood vulnerability for Mumbai (Bombay), India using remotely sensed data / Firooza Pavri; title: A GIS for flood risk management in Flanders / Pieter Deckers ... [et al.]; title: Using geographic information science to estimate vulnerable urban populations for flood hazard and risk assessment in New York City / Juliana Maantay, Andrew Maroko, and Gretchen Culp; title: Geo-information technology for infrastructural flood risk analysis in unplanned settlements : a case study of informal settlement flood risk in the Nyabugogo flood plain, Kigali City, Rwanda / Jean Pierre Bizimana and Michele Schilling; title: A respiratory riskscape for Texas cities : a spatial analysis of air pollution, demographic attributes and deaths from 2000 through 2004 / Susan M. Macey; title: Spatial distribution of toxic release inventory sites in Chicago area : is there environmental inequity? / Fahui Wang and Yvette C. Feliberty; title: Risk and exposure to extreme heat in microclimates of Phoenix, AZ / Darren M. Ruddell ... [et al.]; title: Wildfire risk analysis at the Wildland Urban interface in Travis County, Texas / Yongmei Lu, Lori Carter, and Pamela S. Showalter; title: Early warning of food security crises in urban areas : the case of Harare, Zimbabwe, 2007 / Molly E. Brown and Christopher C. Funk; title: Spatial information technologies for disaster management in China / Jing Li ... [et al.]; title: A cybercartographic tool for supporting disaster prevention planning processes and emergency management in Mexico City / Elvia Martínez-Viveros and Fernando López-Caloca; title: Integration of tsunami analysis tools into a GIS workspace : research, modeling, and hazard mitigation efforts within NOAA's Center for Tsunami Research / Nazila Merati ... [et al.]; title: Utilizing new technologies in managing hazards and disasters / Ronald T. Eguchi ... [et al.]; title: Remote sensing and GIS data/information in the emergency response/recovery phase / Michael E. Hodgson, Bruce A. Davis, and Jitka Kotelenska; title: Investigating recovery patterns in post disaster urban stettings : utilizing geospatial technology to understand post-Hurricane Katrina recovery in New Orleans, Louisiana / Steven M. Ward, Michael Leitner, and John Pine; title: Space and time changes in neighborhood recovery after a disaster using a spatial video acquisition system / Andrew J. Curtis ... [et al.]; title: Pre-evacuation trip behavior / Melany Noltenius and Bruce A. Ralston; title: Micro-level emergency response : 3D geometric network and an agent-based model / Jinmu Choi and Jiyeong Lee; title: A planning support system for terror-resistant urban communities / Xinhao Wang, Joshua S. Belhadj, and Heng Wei.