Description Geographical Information Systems (GIS) have developed rapidly in recent years and now provide powerful tools for the capture, manipulation, integration, interrogation, modelling, analysis and visualisation of data - tools that are already used for policy support in a wide range of areas at almost all …

Description People and the Environment: Approaches for Linking Household and Community Surveys to Remote Sensing and GIS appeals to a wide range of natural, social, and spatial scientists with interests in conducting population and environment research and thereby characterizing (a) land use and land cover dynamics …

Description Wo sind unter Berücksichtigung der aktuellen Inanspruchnahme und Inwertsetzung naturräumlicher Ressourcen neue Baugebiete am ehesten zu realisieren? In welchen städtischen Teilräumen ist die Lebensqualität derart belastet, daß deren Verschlechterung abzuwenden und wohnumfeldverbessernde Maßnahmen …

Description Die vielfältigen Einsatzmöglichkeiten eines Geographischen Informationssystems - kurz GIS - werden in diesem Buch anhand von konkreten Projekten aus der umweltrelevanten geowissenschaftlichen Praxis aufgezeigt. Die Themen kommen aus der Raumplanung, der Deponiestandortfindung, der Altlastenproblematik, der …

Description This valuable reference book is unique in its coverage of examples from the geological sciences, many centred on applications to mineral exploration. The underlying principles of GIS are stressed and emphasis placed on the analysis and modelling of spatial data with applications to site selection and …

Description An integrated approach that combines essential GIS background with a practical workbook on applying the principles in ArcGIS 10.0 and 10.1Introducing Geographic Information Systems with ArcGISintegrates a broad introduction to GIS with a software-specific workbook for Esri's ArcGIS. Where most courses make …

Description This is the first book to provide sociologists, criminologists, political scientists, and other social scientists with the methodological logic and techniques for doing spatial analysis in their chosen fields of inquiry. The book contains a wealth of examples as to why these techniques are worth doing, over …

Description The huge growth in the use of geographic information systems, remote sensing platforms and spatial databases have made accurate spatial data more available for ecological and environmental models. Unfortunately, there has been too little analysis of the appropriate use of this data and the role of …

Description The Workshop Proceedings reflect problems of advanced geo-information science with a special emphasis on environmental and urban challenges. The Proceedings incorporate papers presented by leading scientists doing research on environmental issues from modeling to analysis, information processing and …

Description The book documents and explains, in three parts, geochemical anomaly and mineral prospectivity mapping by using a geographic information system (GIS). Part I reviews and couples the concepts of (a) mapping geochemical anomalies and mineral prospectivity and (b) spatial data models, management and operations …