GIS for Environmental Decision-Making
Published on 19. November 2007
288 pages
978-1-4200-0746-6 (ISBN)
Description
Environmental applications have long been a core use of GIS. However, the effectiveness of GIS-based methods depends on the decision-making frameworks and contexts within which they are employed. GIS for Environmental Decision-Making takes an interdisciplinary look at the capacities of GIS to integrate, analyze, and display data on which decisions
Reviews / Votes
"As a landscape ecologist interested in how spatial tools and analysis can assist planning for a sustainable future, I feel that this book is an important and useful text for highlighting the vital role that GIS can play in helping to make well informed decisions and aid planning."- D. M. Pearson, Charles Darwin University, in Journal of Spatial Science, December 2008
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Baton Rouge
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Researchers in universities, colleges, government agencies, and consultancies interested in environmental aspects of GIS; senior undergraduate and graduate students.
Illustrations
9 s/w Abbildungen, 1 s/w Tabelle, 2 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder
9 b/w images, 1 table and 2 halftones
File size
10,44 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4200-0746-6 (9781420007466)
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Additional editions
Andrew A. Lovett | Katy Appleton
GIS for Environmental Decision-Making
Book
06/2020
1st Edition
CRC Press
€74.70
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Andrew A. Lovett | Katy Appleton
GIS for Environmental Decision-Making
Book
11/2007
1st Edition
CRC Press
€192.21
Shipment within 15-20 days
Persons
Andrew A. Lovett, Katy Appleton
Content
Introduction. Data for Decision-Making. Tools to Support Decision-Making. Participation in Decision-Making.
