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Zusatztext "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 Informationen zum Autor Andrew A. Lovett! Katy Appleton Klappentext Highlights innovations related to sources of data! developments in analytical techniques! and involvement in public communication and participative processes. This book provides an overview of the use of GIS. It includes numerous examples of GIS in different countries. Zusammenfassung Highlights innovations related to sources of data, developments in analytical techniques, and involvement in public communication and participative processes. This book provides an overview of the use of GIS. It includes numerous examples of GIS in different countries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Developments in GIS for Environmental Decision-MakingLovett and Appleton PART I - DATA FOR DECISION-MAKING An Optimised Semi-Automated Methodology for Populating a National Land?Use DatasetTompkinson! Morton! Gomm and Seaman A New Framework for Feature-Based Digital Mapping in Three-Dimensional SpaceSlingsby! Longley and ParkerFrom Electronic Logbooks to Sustainable Marine Environments: A GIS to Support the Common Fisheries PolicyWhalley and Kemp PART II - TOOLS TO SUPPORT DECISION-MAKING GIS and Environmental Decision-Making: From Sites to Strategies and Back AgainMacFarlane and Dunsford Creating a Digital Representation of the Water Table in a Sandstone AquiferPosen! Lovett! Hiscock! Reid! Evers and Ward GIS and Predictive Modelling: A Comparison of Methods for Forest Management and Decision MakingFelicísimo and Gómez-Muñoz A Comparison of Two Techniques for Local Land-Use Change Simulation in the Swiss Mountain AreaWalz! Bebi and Purves 'Riding an Elephant to Catch a Grasshopper': Applying and Evaluating Techniques for Stakeholder Participation in Land-Use Planning within the Kae Watershed! Northern ThailandShutidamrong and Lovett Grid-Enabled GIS: Opportunities and ChallengesJarvis PART III - PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING Developments in Public Participation and Collaborative Environmental Decision-MakingBishop Using Virtual Reality to Simulate Coastal Erosion: A Participative Decision Tool?Brown! Jude! Koukoulas! Nicholls! Dickson and Walkden Multiple Windows on Accessibility: An Evaluation of Campus Buildings by Mobility Impaired and Able-Bodied Participants using PPGISCastle and Jarvis Visualisation Techniques to Support Planning of Renewable Energy DevelopmentsMiller! Morrice! Coleby and Messager The Social Implications of Developing a Web-GIS: Observations from Studies in Rural BavariaHerrmann and Neumeier ...
