Sustainable Development Goals Connectivity Dilemma - Land and Geospatial Information for Urban and Rural Resilience

To strengthen urban and rural resilience to global challenges, this book brings together global leading geospatial experts, industry actors, and policy-makers to analyse the role of geospatial data infrastructures and services for achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and providing interdisciplinary and multisectoral analysis.

Sommario

Introduction. SDGs Roadmap: Setting the Scene. Spatial Enablement for Sustainable Development. Geospatial Information Enhancing SDG Connectivity. Links between Urban and Rural Resilience for Sustainability. Legal, Policies and Institutional Components. Technical and Enabling Tools. Way Forward and Future Direction.

Info autore

Prof Abbas Rajabifard is the Head of Department of Infrastructure Engineering at The University of Melbourne and the Chair UN-GGIM Academic Network. He is also Director of the Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures & Land Administration (CSDILA).Prof Rajabifard is a member of Academic Board. He was President of the GSDI Association (2009-2012), Vice Chair of Working Group 3 of the United Nations supported Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific (PCGIAP), is a member of ICA-Spatial Data Standard Commission, and is a member of Victorian Spatial Council. He has been an Executive Board member and national representative to the PCGIAP (1994-1998), member of International Steering Committee for Global Mapping Project (1997-2001) and a member of the UN-ESCAP Group of Experts to develop Guidelines on GIS Standardisation for Asia-Pacific (1995). Prof Rajabifard has active research in the areas of SDI, Land Administration and land management, spatial enablement, spatial enabled government and societies, disaster management, 3D platforms and virtual jurisdictions.

Riassunto

To strengthen urban and rural resilience to global challenges, this book brings together global leading geospatial experts, industry actors, and policy-makers to analyse the role of geospatial data infrastructures and services for achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and providing interdisciplinary and multisectoral analysis.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Abbas Rajabifard
• Con la collaborazione di: Abbas Rajabifard (Editore), Rajabifard Abbas (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032920931
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3292093-1
• Pagine: 374
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto internazionale, diritto degli stranieri; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Architettura; Sustainability, Landscape art & architecture, LAW / Environmental, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, Regional & area planning, Human Geography, Development Studies, Landscape architecture and design, Regional and area planning, geospatial data analysis;land administration systems;spatial data infrastructure;urban resilience strategies;rural development policy;environmental governance models;resilience geospatial information systems