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This book examines the application of geotechniques to address a
wide range of issues facing urban water resources. Growing
populations leading to urbanization and related development have
lead to problems associated with water quality, storm water
management, flood control, environmental health, and related
ecosystem impacts. Major cities and other urban areas are facing
challenges in addressing the implications of impacts to water
resources. Recent innovations in geotechnologies, including
Geographic Information Science (GIS), remote sensing, and other
spatial tools and techniques, provide great opportunities and
potential to assist in dealing with these problems. This volume
provides a series of case studies that examine the application of
new methods and approaches in a range of geotechnologies as
utilized to better understand and resolve urban water resource
concerns in communities throughout the world. Computer based
mapping, spatial analysis, satellite imagery, decision support
systems, web based applications, aerial photography, and other
methods are highlighted by their development and application. The
research presented in this volume will provide for an excellent
source of knowledge and learning to assist professionals, experts,
and students with a better understanding of how the use of
geotechnologies can be used to assist urban communities to address
water resource challenges.
This book examines the application of geotechniques to address a
wide range of issues facing urban water resources. Growing
populations leading to urbanization and related development have
lead to problems associated with water quality, storm water
management, flood control, environmental health, and related
ecosystem impacts. Major cities and other urban areas are facing
challenges in addressing the implications of impacts to water
resources. Recent innovations in geotechnologies, including
Geographic Information Science (GIS), remote sensing, and other
spatial tools and techniques, provide great opportunities and
potential to assist in dealing with these problems. This volume
provides a series of case studies that examine the application of
new methods and approaches in a range of geotechnologies as
utilized to better understand and resolve urban water resource
concerns in communities throughout the world. Computer based
mapping, spatial analysis, satellite imagery, decision support
systems, web based applications, aerial photography, and other
methods are highlighted by their development and application. The
research presented in this volume will provide for an excellent
source of knowledge and learning to assist professionals, experts,
and students with a better understanding of how the use of
geotechnologies can be used to assist urban communities to address
water resource challenges.
This book identifies the major deficiency in the field of
environmental planning, which is that issues are addressed from the
perspective of one discipline or one dimensiona|. The ABC method
outlined in the book provides a holistic framework for analyzing
the environment and guiding environmental management. - Dr. Thomas
Gunton, Director, Resource and Environmental Planning Program,
Simon Fraser University How can we make the best use of the places
we live in? In recent years, environmental conservation and
sustainable development have become critical parts of the planning
equation. However, most attempts to incorporate these
considerations have focused too narrowly on specialized economic,
geologic, biological, or other factors. With Places, James Gordon
Nelson and Patrick L. Lawrence present a new, more complete
approach to planning - the ABC method. The ABC method links
Abiotic, Biotic, and Cultural factors in a systematic and
comprehensive analysis with the aim of achieving better
understanding of and planning for the challenges facing places and
the people living in them. Examples of the ABC method are presented
through international case studies and are illustrated with
photographs and maps. Places: Linking Nature and Culture for
Understanding and Planning, is written for environmental planners,
decision-makers, students, and all those who are concerned about
the history and future of places, presenting a new, more highly
integrated way of thinking that will help address serious
challenges in effective, efficient, and equitable ways.
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