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Originally published in 1986. Nuclear power is now regarded as
essential to survival in the twenty-first century. But the safety
of nuclear power stations is a highly controversial topic, and
where they will be sited is a most vital question. In this
independent critique, based on four years of research, Stan
Openshaw argues that reactor siting provides a simple means of
offering additional, design-independent margins of safety. Reactor
siting policies in the UK and USA are examined and it is suggested
that UK siting practices need to be updated. The large number of
potential alternative sites should be used to devise new planning
strategies - strategies which will minimise both the residual
health risks from accidents and the danger that a future change in
public opinion might lead to calls for the closure of many existing
sites on safety grounds.
Originally published in 1986. Nuclear power is now regarded as
essential to survival in the twenty-first century. But the safety
of nuclear power stations is a highly controversial topic, and
where they will be sited is a most vital question. In this
independent critique, based on four years of research, Stan
Openshaw argues that reactor siting provides a simple means of
offering additional, design-independent margins of safety. Reactor
siting policies in the UK and USA are examined and it is suggested
that UK siting practices need to be updated. The large number of
potential alternative sites should be used to devise new planning
strategies - strategies which will minimise both the residual
health risks from accidents and the danger that a future change in
public opinion might lead to calls for the closure of many existing
sites on safety grounds.
This book provides a non-technical introduction to High Performance Computing applications together with advice about how beginners can start to write parallel programs. The authors show what HPC can offer geographers and social scientists and how it can be used in GIS. They provide examples of where it has already been used and suggestions for other areas of application in geography and the social sciences. Case studies drawn from geography explain the key principles and help to understand the logic and thought processes that lie behind the parallel programming.
The 1990s have seen some remarkable changes in geographical
information (GI) provision and computer technology that have
impacted on many of the activities that constitute planning in all
its different forms. However, relatively few texts in the field of
geographical information systems (GIS) and planning have been
published since Henk Scholten and John Stillwell edited
Geographical Information Systems for Urban and Regional Planning in
1990. This volume seeks to redress the balance by showing how GI of
various types is being used in urban, physical, environmental,
socio-economic and business planning contexts at local, regional
and national scales with the assistance of GIS and modelling
methods, and how the uses of GI and GI technologies have evolved
over the last decade. During this period, a number of meetings took
place in Europe in different locations organised initially by
European Geographical Information Systems (EGIS, 1990- 94) and more
recently by the Joint European Conference and Exhibition (JEC) on
Geographical Information (1995-97). These meetings brought together
members of the GI community from across the world to discuss GI
research and GIS applications. One of the Special Interest Groups
associated with the JEC gatherings was that on 'Geographical
Information and Planning' and several of the contributions in this
book have their origins in papers presented to the group's
meetings.
The 1990s have seen some remarkable changes in geographical
information (GI) provision and computer technology that have
impacted on many of the activities that constitute planning in all
its different forms. However, relatively few texts in the field of
geographical information systems (GIS) and planning have been
published since Henk Scholten and John Stillwell edited
Geographical Information Systems for Urban and Regional Planning in
1990. This volume seeks to redress the balance by showing how GI of
various types is being used in urban, physical, environmental,
socio-economic and business planning contexts at local, regional
and national scales with the assistance of GIS and modelling
methods, and how the uses of GI and GI technologies have evolved
over the last decade. During this period, a number of meetings took
place in Europe in different locations organised initially by
European Geographical Information Systems (EGIS, 1990- 94) and more
recently by the Joint European Conference and Exhibition (JEC) on
Geographical Information (1995-97). These meetings brought together
members of the GI community from across the world to discuss GI
research and GIS applications. One of the Special Interest Groups
associated with the JEC gatherings was that on 'Geographical
Information and Planning' and several of the contributions in this
book have their origins in papers presented to the group's
meetings.
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Geocomputation (Loose-leaf)
Stan Openshaw, Robert J. Abrahart; Edited by Stan Openshaw, Robert J. Abrahart
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R3,413
Discovery Miles 34 130
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Geocomputation is the follow on revolution from Geographic
Information Science. This book provides the pointers on how to
harness the technology and seeks to establish the principles and
set the foundations for subsequent growth.
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