GIS for coastal zone management
By: edited by Darius Bartlett and Jennifer Smith.
Contributors: Bartlett, Darius J., 1955-; Smith, Jennifer L.
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Coast changes -- Congresses.; Environmental mapping -- Congresses.; Coastal zone management -- Congresses.; Geographic information systems -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: "A comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date overview of state-of-the-art coastal zone GIS applications, this practical book places the science in a management context. The chapters present groundbreaking coastal applications of GIS-based decision support tools, spatial data infrastructures, remote sensing technology including LiDAR and CASI, and more. Covering a broad range of topics, the organization of this volume supplies a flow and structure that make the information easily accessible and immediately applicable."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes updated and edited presentations made to the CoastGIS '01 Conference in Halifax, Canada 18-20 June 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.