GIS for Environmental Decision-Making

ISBN-13: 9780849374234 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 259 str.

Lovett A. Lovett; Andrew A. Lovett; Katy Appleton

Opis

With various applications increasing all over the world, GIS for Environmental Decision-Making highlights innovations related to new sources of data, advancements in analytical techniques, and involvement in public communication and participative processes. This text provides an up-to-date overview of the use of GIS, complementing introductory texts by presenting more advanced material. Including numerous examples of GIS in different countries, it presents key aspects of environmental GIS with an emphasis on important research directions and future challenges. This book features contributions from well-known authors that provide information on the state-of-the-art in GIS technology.

Spis treści

Developments in GIS for Environmental Decision-Making
Lovett and Appleton

PART I - DATA FOR DECISION-MAKING
An Optimised Semi-Automated Methodology for Populating a National Land?Use Dataset
Tompkinson, Morton, Gomm and Seaman

A New Framework for Feature-Based Digital Mapping in Three-Dimensional Space
Slingsby, Longley and Parker

From Electronic Logbooks to Sustainable Marine Environments: A GIS to Support the Common Fisheries Policy
Whalley and Kemp

PART II - TOOLS TO SUPPORT DECISION-MAKING
GIS and Environmental Decision-Making: From Sites to Strategies and Back Again
MacFarlane and Dunsford

Creating a Digital Representation of the Water Table in a Sandstone Aquifer
Posen, Lovett, Hiscock, Reid, Evers and Ward

GIS and Predictive Modelling: A Comparison of Methods for Forest Management and Decision Making
Felicísimo and Gómez-Muñoz

A Comparison of Two Techniques for Local Land-Use Change Simulation in the Swiss Mountain Area
Walz, Bebi and Purves

'Riding an Elephant to Catch a Grasshopper': Applying and Evaluating Techniques for Stakeholder Participation in Land-Use Planning within the Kae Watershed, Northern Thailand
Shutidamrong and Lovett

Grid-Enabled GIS: Opportunities and Challenges
Jarvis

PART III - PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING
Developments in Public Participation and Collaborative Environmental Decision-Making
Bishop

Using Virtual Reality to Simulate Coastal Erosion: A Participative Decision Tool?
Brown, Jude, Koukoulas, Nicholls, Dickson and Walkden

Multiple Windows on Accessibility: An Evaluation of Campus Buildings by Mobility Impaired and Able-Bodied Participants using PPGIS
Castle and Jarvis

Visualisation Techniques to Support Planning of Renewable Energy Developments
Miller, Morrice, Coleby and Messager

The Social Implications of Developing a Web-GIS: Observations from Studies in Rural Bavaria
Herrmann and Neumeier

O autorze

Andrew A. Lovett, Katy Appleton