GIS for environmental decision-making

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Appleton, Katy , 1975- (Author), Lovett, Andrew A. (Author)
Corporate Author: University of East Anglia
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press , c2008
Series:Innovations in GIS
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Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Development in GIS for environmental decision-making
  • 2. An optimized semi-automated methodology for populating a national land-use dataset
  • 3. A new framework for feature-based digital mapping in three-dimensional space
  • 4. From electronic logbook to sustainable marine environments: a GIS support the common fisheries policy
  • 5. GIS and environmental decision-making: from sites to strategies and back again
  • 6. Creating a digital representation of the water table in a sandstone aquifer
  • 7. GIS and predictive modeling: a comparison of methods for forest management and decision-making
  • 8. A comparison of two techniques for local land-use change simulation in he Swiss mountain area
  • 9. 'Riding an elephant to catch a grasshopper': applying and evaluating techniques for stakeholder participation in land-use planning within the Kae watershed, northern Thailand
  • 10. Grid-enabled GIS: opportunities and challenges
  • 11. Development in public participation and collaborative environmental decision-making
  • 12. Using virtual reality to simulate coastal erosion: a participative decision tool? - 13. Multiple windows on accessibility: an evaluation of campus buildings by mobility-impaired and able-bodied participants using PPGIS
  • 14. Visualization techniques to support planning of renewable energy developments
  • 15. The social implications of developing a web-GIS: observations from studies in Rural Bavaria, Germany