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GIS for Environmental Decision-Making (Hardcover)
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GIS for Environmental Decision-Making (Hardcover)
Series: Innovations in GIS
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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 must be based. It
provides a broad prospective on the current state of GIS for
environmental decision-making and emphasizes the importance of
matters related to data, analysis, and modeling tools, as well as
stakeholder participation. The book is divided into three sections,
which effectively relate to three key aspects of the
decision-making process as supported by GIS: data required, tools
being developed, and aspects of participation. The first section
stresses the ability to integrate data from different sources as a
defining characteristic of GIS and illustrates the benefits that
this can bring in the context of deriving land-use and other
information. The second section discusses a range of issues
concerning the use of GIS for suitability mapping and strategic
planning exercises, through illustrative examples. The last section
of the book focuses on the use of GIS-based techniques to
facilitate public participation in decision-making processes. In
particular, it provides an overview of developments in this area,
concentrating on how GIS, modeling, and 3D landscape visualization
techniques are gradually achieving closer integration. Given the
complex challenges presented by global environmental change, GIS
for Environmental Decision-Making provides a clear illustration of
how the use of GIS can make significant contributions
totrans-disciplinary initiatives to address environmental problems.
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