Geospatial Techniques in Urban Hazard and Disaster Analysis

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Showalter, Pamela S. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Lu, Yongmei (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Σειρά: Geotechnologies and the Environment ; 2
• Θέματα: Geography.; Natural disasters.; Geographical information systems.; Remote sensing.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Urban geography.; Environmental management.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Natural Hazards.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Environmental Management.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.

This book examines how Geographic Information Technologies (GIT) are being implemented to improve our understanding of a variety of hazard and disaster situations. The volume is a compilation of recent research using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing (RS) and other technologies su...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Sea Level Rise and Flood Analysis
• Modeling Sea-Level Rise and Surge in Low-Lying Urban Areas Using Spatial Data, Geographic Information Systems, and Animation Methods
• Urban Expansion and Sea-Level Rise Related Flood Vulnerability for Mumbai (Bombay), India Using Remotely Sensed Data
• A GIS for Flood Risk Management in Flanders
• Using Geographic Information Science to Estimate Vulnerable Urban Populations for Flood Hazard and Risk Assessment in New York City
• Geo-Information Technology for Infrastructural Flood Risk Analysis in Unplanned Settlements: A Case Study of Informal Settlement Flood Risk in the Nyabugogo Flood Plain, Kigali City, Rwanda
• Metropolitan Case Studies
• A Respiratory Riskscape for Texas Cities: A Spatial Analysis of Air Pollution, Demographic Attributes and Deaths from 2000 Through 2004
• Spatial Distribution of Toxic Release Inventory Sites in Chicago Area: Is There Environmental Inequity?
• Risk and Exposure to Extreme Heat in Microclimates of Phoenix, AZ
• Wildfire Risk Analysis at the Wildland Urban Interface in Travis County, Texas
• Early Warning of Food Security Crises in Urban Areas: The Case of Harare, Zimbabwe, 2007
• Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and International Applications
• Spatial Information Technologies for Disaster Management in China
• A Cybercartographic Tool for Supporting Disaster Prevention Planning Processes and Emergency Management in Mexico City
• Integration of Tsunami Analysis Tools into a GIS Workspace – Research, Modeling, and Hazard Mitigation efforts Within NOAA’s Center for Tsunami Research
• Utilizing New Technologies in Managing Hazards and Disasters
• Hurricane Response/Recovery
• Remote Sensing and GIS Data/Information in the Emergency Response/Recovery Phase
• Investigating Recovery Patterns in Post Disaster Urban Settings: Utilizing Geospatial Technology to Understand Post-Hurricane Katrina Recovery in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Space and Time Changes in Neighborhood Recovery After a Disaster Using a Spatial Video Acquisition System
• Evacuation Studies
• Pre-evacuation Trip Behavior
• Micro-Level Emergency Response: 3D Geometric Network and an Agent-Based Model
• A Planning Support System for Terror-Resistant Urban Communities.