GIS for Sustainable Development

ISBN-13: 9780849330513 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 560 str.

Campagna Michele

Opis

GIS for Sustainable Development examines how GIS applications can improve collaboration in decision making among those involved in promoting sustainable development. This volume reviews leading GIScience, providing an overview of research topics and applications that enable GIS newcomers and professionals to apply GIScience methods to sustainable spatial planning.

Divided into three parts, the book begins with an introduction to the issues of sustainability, focusing on concepts concerning GIS adoption and use within public organizations that are planning development. Part II focuses on GIScience methods, which can be used to support sustainable development and solve environmental problems. Part III presents research projects and best practices relating to different areas of application within the field.

This text provides the latest research findings, delivers complete references to related publications, and supplies you with a complete reference framework for each topic. A

Recenzje

“[This book] aims at driving the GIS community towards a deeper awareness of sustainable development issues in setting research programs and in application design, while on the other hand offering a wide spectrum of tools professionals and practitioners may draw off after they understand how GIS can assist them in spatial planning, management, and decision-making to achieve sustainable development objectives.”
Giancarlo Deplano, Università degli Studi di Cagliari

“...this book represents the state of the art in the field as it exists today.  This is clearly the most up-to-date and definitive book on the subject.”
  Books-On-Line, 2005

Spis treści

GIS for Sustainable Development

Michele Campagna

General issues for GI use in planning

            sustainable development

The Rise of Cyber Planning: Some Theoretical

            Insights
Andrea De Montis

Theories of Digital Participation

Robin S. Smith

Metadata and data distribution

Benedicte Bucher

GI Based Applications on public authorities web sites

            and their non-professional users
Mette Arleth

Geographic Information as an Economic Good

Alenka Krek

GIS research perspectives for

            sustainable development planning

Advanced Remote Sensing techniques for ecosystem

            data collection
Alexandr Napryushkin and Eugenia Vertinskaya

Spatio-temporal data modeling for "4D" Databases

Alexandr Zipf

Spatial Multimedia for Environmental Planning and

            Management
Alexandra Fonseca and Cristina Gouveia

Computer support for discussions in spatial planning

Claus Rinner

Integration of GIS and Simulation Models

Andrea Giacomelli

Microsimulation and GIS for spatial decision-making

Dimitris Ballas

Using Geodemographics and GIS for Sustainable

            Development
Linda See and Phil Gibson

Multivariate Spatial Analysis in Epidemiology: An

Integrated Approach to Human Health and the Environment
Stefania Bertazzon and Marina Gavrilova

Zone Design in Public Health Policy.

Konstantinos Daras and Seraphim Alvanides

Tools in the spatial analysis of offences: evidence from

            Scandinavian cities
Vania Ceccato

Geospatial Technologies, Vulnerability Assessment,

            and Sustainable Hazards Mitigation in Cities
Tarek Rashed

Learning from practice: GIS as a tool in

            planning sustainable development

URBAN DYNAMICS

Urban Multi-Level Geographical Information Satellite

            Generation
Sebastien Gadal

Urban scenario modelling and forecast for sustainable

            urban and regional planning
Jose I. Barredo, Carlo Lavalle, and Marjo Kasanko

NATURAL and CULTURAL HERITAGE

The Development of the Cross Border Region of

Hungary and Austria Analyzed with Historical Cadastral and Land Register Data
Susanne Steiner

Computer aided reflexivity and data management in

            archaeology
Anthony Beck and Assaad Seif

SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT

A Geographical Approach to Community Safety: A UK

            Perspective
Jonathan Corcoran and Bernie Bowen Thomson

GIS Application to Support Water Infrastructures

Facilities Localization in Particularly Valuable Environmental Areas: The Eolian Islands Case Study
Giuseppe Cremona and Luisella Ciancarella

Influence of data quality on solar radiation modelling

Tomaz Podobnikar, Kristof Ostir, and Klemen ZaksekToma Podobnikar, Krištof Oštir, and Klemen Zakšek

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

GIS support for empowering marginalized

            communities: the Cherokee Nation case study
Laura Harjo

GIS and participatory diagnosis in urban planning: a

            case study in Geneva
Aurore Nembrini, Sandrine Billeau, Gilles Desthieux and Florent Joerin

Visualizing alternative urban futures: using spatial

multimedia to enhance Community Participation and policymaking
Laxmi Ramasubramanian and Aimée C. Quinn

SDI & PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

SITAD: building a local Spatial Data Infrastructure in

            Italy
Piergiorgio Cipriano

Local GIS: Implementing the Urban Spatial Enabled

            Information System
Walter Oostdam

O autorze

Michele Campagna