Geospatial Technologies and Homeland Security Research Frontiers and Future Challenges /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Sui, Daniel Z. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Σειρά: The GeoJournal Library, 94
• Θέματα: Geography.; Earth sciences.; Geotechnical engineering.; Geographical information systems.; Remote sensing.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Earth Sciences, general.

This edited volume, based upon the papers presented during the "Geospatial Technologies and Homeland Security Symposium" on Nov. 15, 2006, presents an overview of the latest development of geospatial technologies (including, but not limited to, GIS, RS, GPS, LBS, spatial analysis and model...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Geospatial Technologies and Homeland Security: An Overview
• Remote Sensing and GIS as Counterterrorism Tools for Homeland Security: The case of Afghanistan
• Economic Impacts of Terrorist Attacks and Natural Disasters: Case Studies of Los Angeles and Houston
• From Crime Analysis to Homeland Security: A Role for Neighborhood Profiling?
• Measuring and Mapping Conflict-Related Deaths and Segregation: Lessons from the Belfast ‘Troubles’
• Internal Security for Communities: A Spatial Analysis of the Effectiveness of Sex Offender Laws
• Remote Sensing-Based Damage Assessment for Homeland Security
• Estimating Flood Damage in Texas Using GIS: Predictors, Consequences, and Policy Implications
• Agent-Based Modeling and Evacuation Planning
• Building Evacuation in Emergencies: A Review and Interpretation of Software for Simulating Pedestrian Egress
• High-Resolution Coastal Elevation Data: The Key to Planning for Storm Surge and Sea Level Rise
• Remote Sensing and GIS Applications for Precision Area-Wide Pest Management: Implications for Homeland Security
• Spatial Epidemiology: Where Have We Come in 150 Years?
• The Role of Geosurveillance and Security in the Politics of Fear
• Mapping the Under-Scrutinized: The West German Census Boycott Movement of 1987 and the Dangers of Information-Based Security
• The Importance of Spatial Thinking in an Uncertain World
• GIS and Homeland Security Education: Creating a Better Tomorrow in our Classrooms Today
• Geospatial Technologies and Homeland Security: Challenges and Opportunities.