Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Disaster Management

ISBN-13: 9781138489868 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 454 str.

Brian Tomaszewski (Rochester Institute o;Brian Tomaszewski (Rochester Institute o

Opis

Now in its second edition, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Disaster Management has been completely updated to take account of new developments in the field while continuing the tradition of the benchmark first edition.

Spis treści

1. A Survey of GIS for Disaster Management  2. Fundamentals of Geographic Information and Maps  3. Geographic Information Systems  4. Geographic Information Systems and Allied Technologies  5. Disaster Management and Geographic Information Systems  6. Geographic Information Systems and Disaster Planning and Preparedness  7. Geographic Information Systems and Disaster Response  8. Geographic Information Systems and Disaster Recovery  9. Geographic Information Systems and Disaster Mitigation  10. Special Topics, Future Technology, Professional Career Options and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Trends

O autorze

Brian Tomaszewski is an associate professor and director of the Center for Geographic Information Science and Technology at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY, USA, and an adjunct professor with the Centre for Disaster Management and Mitigation at the Vellore Institute of Technology, India. His research interests are in the domains of geographic information science and technology, geographic visualization, spatial thinking, disaster management, and forced displacement. His published research has appeared in top scientific journals such as Information Visualization, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, Computers and Geosciences, and The Cartographic Journal. He is the co-creator of the Refugee GIS (RefuGIS) project that is the world’s first innovation project to empower refugees themselves to use GIS. Tomaszewski is actively involved in international disaster management and refugee affairs research with research projects funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) in Rwanda, Germany, and Jordan as well as collaborations with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Rwanda and Jordan.