Geographical information systems Books
New India Publishing Agency Remote Sensing in Geomorphology
Book SynopsisGeomorphology is the study of external landscape/architecture of earth's crust which stands as a testimony not only for the palaeo morphotectonic and morpho-dynamic activities but also the present day geological processes as well, thus making geomorphology significant in understand the hierarchical evolution of the earth and related resources, environment/ecosystems and disaster proneness. With remote sensing deepening its roots in all fields, the scope of geomorphology too has phenomenally widened as fabrication and animation of modern geologic/geomorphic processes are being easily done by remote sensing.Table of Contents1. Pleistocene Earth Movements In Peninsular India- Evidences From Landsat MSS and Thematic Mapper Data 2. Remote Sensing and Pleistocene Tectonics of Southern Indian Peninsula 3. Evidences of Neotectonism Along Coromandel Coast of Tamil Nadu, Using IRS Data. 4. Pleistocene/ Holocene Graben Along Pondicherry -Cumbum Valley, Tamil Nadu, India 5. Neotectonic Controls on The Migration of Sarasvati River of The Great Indian Desert 6. Eyed Drainages Observed in IRS Imagery in Tamil Nadu, India and Their Geological Significance 7. Fluvial Anomalies and Neotectonics of Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India 8. Aid of Remote Sensing In Fluvial Geomorphic Mapping 9. Remote Sensing and River Migration In Western India 10. Remote Sensing of River Migration in Tamil Nadu 11. The Phenomenon of River Migration In Northern Tamil Nadu Evidence From Satellite Data, Archaeology and Tamil Literature 12. A Remote Sensing Study of River Deltas of Tamil Nadu 13. Detection of Submarine Delta along Madras Coast, India, Using IRS Imagery 14. Morpho- Tectonic Evolution of East and West Coasts of Indian Peninsula 15. Tectonic and Geomorphic Evolution of West Coast Along Mangalore- Cape Comorin Sector, India 16. Remote Sensing and Certain Challenging Coastal Engineering Geological Problems of Tamil Nadu Coast, India 17. Rapid Land Building Activity Along Vedaranniyam Coast and Its Possible Implications 18. Temporal Changes In Land -Water Distribution Pattern During 1930-1993 along The CoromandelCoast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Its Significance 19. Marine Environment Modeling Using Thematic Mapper Data 20. IRS -1A Imagery Senses Some Rapidly Building Islands along East Coast of Tamil Nadu 21. GIS Based Visualization of Land - Ocean Interactive Phenomenon along Vedaranniyam Coast,Tamil Nadu, India 22. Tectonically Induced Environmental Problems on and off Pondicherry Coast, Tamil Nadu, India.A Vision Through Remote Sensing 23. Landslides and Quaternary Tectonics of South India
£62.70
New India Publishing Agency GIS: Fundamentals,Applications and
Book SynopsisGeographic Information Systems or popularly known as GIS has been developing it's roots since the role of remote sensing has increased. It spreads it's branches to civil engineering, geosciences, forestry, disaster mitigation, ecology and environment and various other fields. The book explains the concepts of GIS in a simple language. Topics like development of GIS, data structures, database concepts, map projections, requirement of hardware and software for implementing GIS, errors and removing errors, advanced analysis are a few s to be named which find place in this book.Table of Contents1. GIS As a Science and Technology 2. Applications of GIS and Resource Management 3. GIS Techniques and Nature of Data 4. Database Creation and Analysis in GIS 5. Error Analysis and Output 6. Advanced GIS Applications 7. Internet GIS 8. Project Implementation 9. Glossary 10. GIS Resource Banks
£38.94
New India Publishing Agency Geoinformatics Applications in Agriculture
Book SynopsisEarth functions as a complex system and existing infrastructure and methodologies are inadequate for the community to address many problems of this system. It requires an integrated and innovative approach to analyse, model and develop extensive and diverse data sets for the solution of these problems. Geoinformatics, which is the synergy of multiple disciplines, namely, earth sciences, GIS, remote sensing, GPS, photogrammetry and cartography, is developing fast in the areas where the data are identified by their locations. Currently, there is a chaotic distribution of available data sets, lack of documentation about them and the methodologies, lack of easy-to-access, tolls, computer modeling etc. which pose the major obstacles for the earth scientist in trying to work out solutions. The authors have tried to remove these hurdles by bringing together relevant informations and techniques as well as the recent advances in these fields. This book presents a comprehensive account of various topics related to the applications of geoinformatics which are highly diversified and include space and environmental monitoring, watershed management, water resources and management, productivity enhancement in agro-ecosystems, resource information systems, precision farming, monitoring of glaciers and lakes, geospatial techniques and livelihood improvement using GIS.Table of Contents1. Space Sensing and Environment Monitoring by Ajai and J. K. Garg 2. Geoinformatics in Precision Farming: An Overview by Rajender Prasad, Anshu Dixit, P.K. Malhotra and V.K. Gupta 3. Geoinformatics Applications in India-Retrospect and Prospects : Experience of National Remote Sensing Agency NRSA by b P.S. Roy 4. Horticultural Resources Information System: A Geo-informatic Tool for Horticultural Development by S.C. Kotur D. Sreenivasa Murthy, T.M. Gajanana, Reena Rosy Thomas, Chitra Mothkur,L.B. Ashok and G.S. Geetha 5. Geoinformatics in Support of Food Security and Poverty Alleviation: A Perspective Based on National Wasteland Mapping Project by S.K.Srivastava,CBS Dutt,R. Nagaraja,S. Bandyopadhayay,HCM Rani,V.S. Hegde & V.Jayaraman 6. Geoinformatics for Monitoring Glaciers and Glacial Lakes by R.M. Bhagat, Chitra Sood, Vaibhav Kalia, Pradeep Mool, S. Bajracharya & Basanta Shrestha 7. Monitoring and Management of Water Resources by Sanjay K. Jain, Rakesh Kumar and K.D. Sharma 8. Application of Geospatial Tools, Techniques and Concepts for Integrated Watershed Management by A.Sarangi and A.K. Singh 9. Geoinformatics for Enhancing Productivity in Flood Plain Agro-ecosystem by R.N. Sahoo, R.K. Tomar,I.P. Abrol, R.K. Gupta, D. Chakraborty, V.K. Sehgal and N. Kalra 10: Groundwater Modelling Using GIS by M.S. Mane, D.K. Singh, A.K. Singh and A.K. Bhattacharya 11. Participatory GIS for Planning Livelihood Improvement - A Case Study in Canal Command Areas of Bihar by B. Saha, R.P. Jones, A.K. Sikka, P.R. Bhatnagar and S. Chowdhury
£101.39
New India Publishing Agency Hyperspectral Remote Sensing and Spectral
Book SynopsisHyperspectral imaging is an emerging modern technique in modern remote sensing that expands and removes capability of multispectral image analysis. It takes advantage of hundreds of continuous spectral channels to uncover materials that usually cannot be resolved by multispectral sensoThis book is a collection of research papers of Indian scientist working in the field of hyperspectral remote sensing and spectral signature applications. This has been organized in a way that all the s are logically connected and can be referred back and the forth one another for more details. The title of "hyperspectral remote sensing and spectral signature applications" is use to reflect its focus on spectral techniques, i.e. non-literal techniques that are especially designed and developed for hyperspectral imagery rather than multispectral imagery.Table of ContentsSection - 1: Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, Section - 2 : Hyperspectral Signature & Its Applications, Section - 3 : Applications of High Resolution and Multispectral Remote Sensing Satellite Data
£131.07
New India Publishing Agency Agrometeorology: A Simplified Textbook
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£21.78
Fagbokforlaget GIS: The Geographic Language of Our Age
Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive introduction to geographic information systems (GIS). It explains the ideas and methodology behind GIS, and discusses all aspects of the process of collection, processing, analysis, and presentation of geographic information. In this respect, the book differs from more technically oriented literature on GIS. GIS is increasingly employed as a tool to support planning and management across diverse areas of society, and so the emphasis is placed on how GIS works as a geographic language in different contexts. The book is informative, easy to follow, and aims to make GIS applicable and relevant to professional planners who organise and shape our environments. In this second edition, the content has been updated by various experts. The new chapter on the use of geographic information and GIS as a basis for military decisions, may also be very relevant for other disciplines. All of the authors have academic backgrounds, high levels of expertise, and long experience in the use of GIS at the Norwegian Military Academy and the NDEA.
£47.60
A A Balkema Publishers Palaeohistoria 33,34 (1991-1992): Institute of
Book SynopsisThis annual covers excavation reports and analytical studies on archaeology, palaeobotany and archaeozoology. Topics include: island migration of early modern Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia; and Roman Iron Age plant husbandry at Peelo, the Netherlands.
£266.00
A A Balkema Publishers Hydroinformatics as Sociotechnology
Book SynopsisThis work argues for the adoption of sociotechnology as a unified concept where both social and technical aspects are approached simultaneously.
£85.49
A A Balkema Publishers Sensors and Environmental Applications of Remote
Book SynopsisThese papers feature the latest research covering the analysis of data from the most advanced systems, including both visible and infrared optical sensors and both passive and active microwave sensors. Papers are grouped according to broad areas, such as land applications.
£332.50
A A Balkema Publishers History of Geology, Volume 2
Book SynopsisThis is a translation of "Histoire de la geologie, tome 2". It covers theories and the theory of the Earth, collective ideas on the Earth between 1650 and 1830, and the discovery of extinct volanoes in Europe.
£171.00
A A Balkema Publishers Future Trends in Remote Sensing
Book SynopsisFuture plans of the European Commission are presented in this volume. Other themes covered include: land applications; ice; water; ocean and coastal management; methods; models; systems aspects; and a section on data fusion.
£137.75
A A Balkema Publishers Geochemistry of the Earth's Surface: Proceedings
Book SynopsisTopics covered: Geochemical record of terrestrial environmental change, and global geochemical cycles; Chemical weathering and climate, river catchment studies; Environmental geochemistry of the terrestrial environment and its effect on health; Organic geochemistry; Marine and sedimentary geochemistry; Mineralogy, microbes and chemistry of weathering; Geochemical thermodynamics and kinetics; Geochemistry of crustal fluids and of catastrophic events.
£78.84
A A Balkema Publishers Dynamics of Earth's Fluid System
Book SynopsisThis text describes several geological processes, such as the lithospheric deformation and evolution of groundwater resources, which are directly or indirectly influenced by the movements of subsurface fluids from crustal level to the Earth's core.
£137.75
A A Balkema Publishers Moraines and Varves: Origin, Genesis,
Book SynopsisThis is the Proceedings of the Ofan Inqua Symposium on Genesis and Lithology of Quaternary Deposits, Zurich, held on the 10-20 September 1978.
£332.50
A A Balkema Publishers Application of Remote Sensing to Agricultural
Book SynopsisThis is the Proceedings of the ‘Application of Remote Sensing to Agricultural Production Forecasting’, a seminar held at the Joint Research Centre of the Commission of the European Communities, Ispra, Italy in 1981.
£190.00
A A Balkema Publishers Mesozoic and Tertiary Geology of Southern Africa:
Book SynopsisThe study of southern African Mesozoic and Tertiary strata has long had a low priority in both academic and commercial circles, and with the notable exception of diamonds, rocks of this age have not been thought to contain much worth digging up. This reference list contains approximately 750 entries and provides a review and synthesis of data on the Mesozoic and Tertiary rocks of southern Africa, seen in the context of Gondwana fragmentation.Table of Contents1 SOUTHERN AFRICA AND ITS POST-PALAEOZOIC SETTING 2 TRIASSIC TO EARLY JURASSIC ROCKS OF THE INTRACRATONIC BASINS 3 THE CAPE FOLD BELT 4 MIDDLE JURASSIC TO LOWER CRETACEOUS 5 UPPER CRETACEOUS 6 TERTIARY 7 SUMMARY OF MESOZOIC AND TERTIARY IGNEOUS ACTIVITY
£356.25
A A Balkema Publishers Earth's Nature from Space - A study of the
Book SynopsisSatellite designers deal with the special features of satellites for remote sensing, engineers explain spacecraft sensors, and mathematicians and specialist programmers discuss the problems of processing remote sensing dat Experts in agriculture, geology, forestry, oceanography and hydrology highli
£275.50
A A Balkema Publishers Catalogue of European industrial capabilities in
Book SynopsisEquipment & services offered by 80 firms in 10 countries.
£247.00
A A Balkema Publishers Magmatism and Transformation of Active Areas of
Book SynopsisA study of magmatism, one of the most important factors in the differentiation of matter of the Earth. It covers geological structures volcanic series, genesis of basaltic magma, and petrology of andesites of island arcs, and more.
£171.00
A A Balkema Publishers Shallow Tethys 2: Proceedings of the
Book SynopsisThe Proceedings of the International Symposium on Shallow Tethys 2, held in Wagga Wagga, on the 15-17 September 1986.
£218.50
A A Balkema Publishers Geomorphological Studies in Southern Africa:
Book SynopsisThe proceedings of a symposium on Geomorphological Studies in Southern Africa, held in Transkei, on the 8-11 April 1988.
£218.50
A A Balkema Publishers Glaciotectonics
Book SynopsisProceedings of various meetings of the Glaciotectonics Work Group: Field meeting at Møn, Denmark 1986; INQUA congress, Ottawa (1987); Field meeting at Norfolk, UK (1988)
£137.75
A A Balkema Publishers Loess: Its Distribution, Geology and Soils:
Book SynopsisProceedings of an International Symposium on Loess in New Zealand, Feb. 1987. No index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
£190.00
A A Balkema Publishers Geodynamics and Metallogeny of Folded Belts:
Book SynopsisContents: The concept of 'metallogeny of lithospheric plates' specially resorting to geodynamic modelling. Different geodynamic situations of metallogeny on global perspective and specific situations for the formation of copper-molybdenum, tin-wolfram, mercury, lead-zinc and fluorite provinces. Geodynamic models; Metallogenic investigations of geodynamic models; Paramount indicators of the geodynamic regime; Copper-Molybdenum porphyry ore provinces.
£190.00
A A Balkema Publishers Water-Rock Interaction (WRI-6): Proceedings of
Book SynopsisProceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on [title] held in Malvern, England, August 1989. No subject index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
£218.50
A A Balkema Publishers Engineering and Environmental Impacts of
Book SynopsisProceedings of the Third Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst, St. Petersburg Beach, Florida, USA, October 1989. Treats groundwater quality and pollution, engineering geology, and planning, governmental and legal implications of Karst terrains.
£275.50
A A Balkema Publishers Evolution of Ore-bearing Precambrian Structures:
Book SynopsisContents: Historical aspects of Precambrian tectonics and metallogeny; Archaean supracrustal belts; Proterozoic mobile belts; Protoplatforms and ancient platforms; Regions of protoactivisation; Regions of tectonomagnetic activisation and rifting; Marginal and sulture structures; Deep structure of the continental crust and ore formation; Conclusions; Selected references; Index.
£190.00
New India Publishing Agency Data Acquisition and Analysis in Geoinformatics
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£199.50
Springer Crime Modeling and Mapping Using Geospatial Technologies
Book SynopsisRecent years in North America have seen a rapid development in the area of crime analysis and mapping using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology. In 1996, the US National Institute of Justice (NIJ) established the crime mapping research center (CMRC), to promote research, evaluation, development, and dissemination of GIS technology. The long-term goal is to develop a fully functional Crime Analysis System (CAS) with standardized data collection and reporting mechanisms, tools for spatial and temporal analysis, visualization of data and much more. Among the drawbacks of current crime analysis systems is their lack of tools for spatial analysis. For this reason, spatial analysts should research which current analysis techniques (or variations of such techniques) that have been already successfully applied to other areas (e.g., epidemiology, location-allocation analysis, etc.) can also be employed to the spatial analysis of crime data. This book presents a few of those cases.Table of ContentsFrom the Contents: Spatial Heterogeneity in Crime Analysis.- When Does a Drug Market Become a Drug Market? Finding the Boundaries of Illicit Event Concentrations.- Convicted Sex Offender Residential Movements.- Street-Level Spatiotemporal Crime Analysis: Examples from Bronx County, NY (2006–2010).- Exploring Spatial Patterns of Crime Using Non-Hierarchical Cluster Analysis.- Reconstitution of the Journeys to Crime and Location of their Origin in the Context of a Crime Series. A Raster Solution for a Real Case Study.- Journey-to-Crime by Gender and Age Group in Manchester, England.- Crime Scene Locations in Criminal Homicides: A Spatial Crime Analysis in a GIS Environment.
£123.49
In Tech Remote Sensing: Applications
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£127.20
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Telegeoprocessing
Book SynopsisTelegeoprocessing is the integration of remote sensing, Geographic Information System (GIS), Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), Big Data and Telecommunication.This unique compendium brings together most of the key issues involved in research in novel systems in telegeoprocessing. It elucidates a comprehensive introduction to the problems encountered in telegeoprocessing engineering and the major technologies and standards related to designing an integrated, fully functional telegeoprocessing system based on the latest multimedia and telecommunication technologies.The useful cross-disciplinary reference text benefits teachers and researchers in both universities and research organizations, and for anyone keen in the impact of Earth observation, big data, geoinformatics in civil communities and human societies.
£108.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Urban Remote Sensing
Book SynopsisThis compendium is based on more than ten years of urban remote sensing teaching experience, scientific research achievements, and the latest developments of remote sensing technology.The volume is divided into ten chapters, which describes the principles of urban remote sensing and multi-source remote sensing big data acquisition, urban remote sensing image processing methods, urban remote sensing image specific applications in related industries, and the prospect of urban remote sensing development. It summarizes the achievements on urban remote sensing projects, uses a large number of algorithm studies as intuitive materials, combines the achievements of urban remote sensing technology, and provides typical industry solutions or case studies in specific applied urban remote sensing areas.This essential reference textbook benefits undergraduate and graduate students, and anyone keen in urban remote sensing.
£76.00
World Scientific Publishing Company Synthetic Aperture Radar For Surface Motion
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£72.00
Springer Verlag, Singapore High-resolution Seafloor Survey and Applications
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the survey technology, post-processing technology, mapping technology and scientific application of the submarine topography and geomorphology in detail. High-resolution submarine geomorphology is a frontier branch of marine geology and marine surveying and mapping, which provides a direct basis to study the seabed surface, to understand the tectonic movement and submarine evolution. In the past two decades, high-resolution submarine geomorphology with high-precision multi-beam echo sounding, side-scan sonar and sub-bottom profiler as the major techniques, is developing very quickly and is one of the frontiers of international marine science and technology. These high techniques promote the traditional submarine geomorphology to high-resolution and quantitative research. At present, high-resolution submarine geomorphology is widely used in the delimitation of the continental shelf, the international seabed resources survey, marine engineering and marine military applications. In order to facilitate readers to understand how to acquire and apply scientific research based on submarine topographic data, it highlights the combination of theory, technology and scientific application. This book is useful as a reference for professional and technical personnel in related fields and also as a textbook for both graduate and undergraduate students as well.Trade Review“The book is an excellent academic work in the fields of ocean mapping and seafloor exploration … . This book makes a useful contribution to a field that has experienced rapid development over the last 20–30 years and continues to develop at pace. It should be of interest to those wishing to learn about the techniques currently available, as well as those seeking a handy reference for the technologies in use from survey through to application.” (Ian Townend and Zeng Zhou, Anthropocene Coasts, December 14, 2022)“This book presents concepts and techniques of interest for established earth scientists and professionals, and will encourage students to develop relevant skills and knowledge in this field. The order in which the topics on seafloor surveying appear and the organization of each chapter make the book an ideal reference for teaching and studying related subjects … . Each chapter provides the reader with a summary of a wealth of references to the latest books and journal articles … .” (Harald Schuh,, zfv - Zeitschrift für Geodäsie, Geoinformation und Landmanagement, Vol. 147 (6), 2022)Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Multi-beam bathymetry technology.- Airborne LiDAR bathymetry technolog.- Side scan sonar and sub-bottom profiler detection technology.- Navigation and positioning technology.- Water level measurement and vertical datum conversion technology.- DTM and Seafloor mapping technology.- The delimitation of continental shelf based on seafloor graphics.- The application of submarine geomorphology.- The application of automatic recognition of seabed target.- The application of seafloor classification.- The application of research on international seabed resources.
£151.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore Advances in Water Resources and Transportation
Book SynopsisThis book comprises select proceedings of the International Conference on Trends and Recent Advances in Civil Engineering (TRACE 2020). The volume focuses on latest research works carried out in the area of water resources and transportation engineering. The topics include technological intervention and solution for water security, sustainability in water resources and transportation infrastructure, crop protection, resilience to disaster like flood, hurricane and drought, traffic congestion, transport planning etc. It aims to address broad spectrum of audience by covering inter-disciplinary innovative research and applications in these areas. It will be useful to graduate students, researchers, scientists, and practitioners working in water resources and transportation engineering domain.Table of ContentsNature Oriented Paradigms for Water Security: Perspective on Frameworks, Scale, and Sector.- Sustainability in Transportation Infrastructure: Perspective of CREATEs, Rowan University.- Applications of Ground Penetrating Radar – A Comprehensive Case Study.- Risk Assessment of Pune Metro Underground Construction.- Linear Programming Model for the Design of Optimal Cropping Pattern for a Major Distributary Canal.- Analysis of Traffic Flow Characteristics on Urban Arterial Roads under Heterogeneous Traffic Scenario – A Case Study of Tiruchirappalli City.- Sustainable Management of Stormwater to Prevent Urban Flooding using SWMM.- Decongesting Urban Roads: An Investigation into Causes and Challenges.- Assessing Contributions of Intensity-based Rainfall Classes to Annual Rainfall and Wet Days over Tehri Catchment, India.- Development of Pcu Value of E-Rickshaw on Urban Roads.
£116.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore Geo-intelligence for Sustainable Development
Book SynopsisGlobally, concerns for the environment and human well-being have increased as results of threats imposed by climate change and disasters, environmental degradation, pollution of natural resources, water scarcity and proliferation of slums. Finding appropriate solutions to these threats and challenges is not simple, as these are generally complex and require state-of-the-art technology to collect, measure, handle and analyse large volumes of varying data sets. However, the recent advances in sensor technology, coupled with the rapid development of computational power, have greatly enhanced our abilities to capture, store and analyse the surrounding physical environment. This book explores diverse dimensions of geo-intelligence (GI) technology in developing a computing framework for location-based, data-integrating earth observation and predictive modelling to address these issues at all levels and scales. The book provides insight into the applications of GI technology in several fields of spatial and social sciences and attempts to bridge the gap between them.Table of Contents1. GEO-INTELLIGENCE ROLE IN SUSTAINABLE CITY MISSIONS OF THE GLOBAL SOUTH: A REVIEW 2. CLOUD-BASED GEOSPATIAL MAPPING AND ANALYSIS OF PRAYAGRAJ KUMBH MELA OF INDIA: THE UNESCO INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE 3. GEO-INTELLIGENCE-BASED APPROACH FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF PERI-URBAN AREAS: A CASE STUDY OF KOZHIKODE CITY, KERALA (INDIA) 4. SMART CITY: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE CITY OF THE FUTURE 5. GEO-INTELLIGENCE FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND FOOD SECURITY 6. GEO-INTELLIGENCE FOR PANDEMIC PREVENTION AND CONTROL 7. GEO- INTELLIGENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH: A PANOPTICAL TO COVID -19 PANDEMIC 8. USE OF REMOTE SENSING DATA TO IDENTIFY AIR POLLUTION SIGNATURES IN INDIA 9. Urban Growth Impact on Cauvery River: A Geospatial Perspective 10. ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK (ANN) BASED PREDICTIONS OF BULK PERMITTIVITY OF CO2-WATER-POROUS MEDIA SYSTEM 11. LONG-TERM SATELLITE DATA TIME SERIES ANALYSIS FOR LAND DEGRADATION MAPPING TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT IN UKRAINE 12. Modeling of the Mass Balance of Glaciers with Debris Cover 13. A GEO-INTELLIGENCE BASED APPROACH TO INVESTIGATE TEMPORAL CHANGES IN THE LENGTH AND SURFACE AREA AND ICE VELOCITY OF SAKCHUM GLACIER
£116.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore Geospatial Technology for Landscape and
Book SynopsisGeospatial technology is a combination of state-of-the-art remote sensing and technology for geographic information systems (GIS) and global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) for the mapping and monitoring of landscapes and environment. The main thrust of using geospatial technology is to understand the causes, mechanisms, and consequences of spatial heterogeneity, while its ultimate objective is to provide a scientific basis for developing and maintaining ecologically, economically, and socially sustainable landscapes. This book presents new research on the interdisciplinary applications of geospatial technology for identification, assessment, monitoring, and modelling issues related to landscape, natural resources, and environmental management. The book specifically focuses on the creation, collection, storage, processing, modelling, interpretation, display, and dissemination of spatio-temporal data, which help to resolve environmental management issues including ecosystem change, resource utilization, land use management, and environmental pollution. The positive environmental impacts of information technology advancements with regard to global environmental and climate change are also discussed. The book addresses the interests of a wide spectrum of readers who have a common interest in geospatial science, geology, water resource management, database management, planning and policy making, and resource management.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Spatio-temporal variability of channel planform dynamics in response to spatial expansion of brick kilns: a case study of the downstream course of Ichamati River, West Bengal, India Chapter 2 Assessment of replenishable groundwater resource and integrated water resource planning for sustainable agriculture Chapter 3 Spatial prediction of flood frequency analysis in a semi-arid zone: A case study from the Seyad basin (Guelmim Region, Morocco) Chapter 4 Geospatial modeling in the assessment of environmental resources for sustainable water resource management in a Gondia district, India Chapter 5 Hydrochemical characteristics of groundwater-assessment of saltwater intrusion along Krishna Godavari Delta Region, Andhra Pradesh, India Chapter 6 Micro level planning for integrated natural resources management and sustainable development: an approach through a micro watershed using geospatial technology Chapter 7 Ecohydrological perspective for environmental degradation of lakes and wetlands in Delhi Chapter 8 Prioritization and quantitative assessment of Dhundsir Gad using RS and GIS: implications for watershed management, planning and conservation, Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand Chapter 9 Assessment of groundwater potential zones and resource sustainability through Geospatial Techniques: a case study of Kamina sub-watershed of Bhima River Basin, Maharashtra, India Chapter 10 Morphometric analysis of Damodar River sub-watershed, Jharkhand, India, using remote sensing and GIS techniques Chapter 11 The increasing inevitability of IOT in remote disaster monitoring applications Chapter 12 Countering challenges of smart cities mission through participatory approach Chapter 13 Urban growth modelling and prediction of land use land cover change over Nagpur city, India using Cellular automata approach Chapter 14 Slum categorization for efficient development plan - a case study of Udhampur city, J&K using Remote sensing and GIS Chapter 15 Urban growth trend analysis using Shannon Entropy approach – A case study of Dehradun City of Uttarakhand, India Chapter 16 Geospatial approach for mapping of significant land use / land cover changes in Andhra Pradesh Chapter 17 Assessing the impact of Delhi metro network towards urbanization of Delhi-NCR Chapter 18 Analysis of urban heat island effect in the Rajkot city using Geospatial Techniques Chapter 19 Multi spectral remote sensing for urban planning and development Chapter 20 Analysis Of urban green spaces using geospatial techniques-a case study of Vijayawada urban local body Andhra Pradesh, India Chapter 21 Magnetic susceptibility and heavy metals contamination in agricultural soil of Kopargaon Area, Ahmadnagar District, Maharashtra, India
£123.49
Springer Verlag, Singapore Geospatial Data Science in Healthcare for Society
Book SynopsisThe book introduces a variety of latest techniques designed to represent, enhance, and empower multi-disciplinary approaches of geographic information system (GIS), artificial intelligence (AI), deep learning (DL), machine learning, and cloud computing research in healthcare. It provides a unique compendium of the current and emerging use of geospatial data for healthcare and reflects the diversity, complexity, and depth and breadth of this multi-disciplinary area. This book addresses various aspects of how smart healthcare devices can be used to detect and analyze diseases. Further, it describes various tools and techniques to evaluate the efficacy, suitability, and efficiency of geospatial data for health-related applications. It features illustrative case studies, including future applications and healthcare challenges. This book is beneficial for computer science and engineering students and researchers, medical professionals, and anyone interested in using geospatial data in healthcare. It is also intended for experts, offering them a valuable retrospective and a global vision for the future, as well as for non-experts who are curious to learn about this important subject. The book presents an effort to draw how we can build health-related applications using geospatial big data and their subsequent analysis.Table of Contents1. Geospatial data science in healthcare: Literature Survey 2. Geomatics tools and techniques to collect and analyse geospatial data 4. Big data and cloud computing support in health informatics 5. Hospital records management using cloud technology 6. Relevance of spatio-temporal data visualisation techniques in health science 7. GIS in public health for a futuristic society 8. Infectious diseases and their tracking in GIS 9. Wearable technology in healthcare 10. Health intelligence using AI and data science 11.IoT empowered smart health cities 12.ICT for real-time health monitoring 13. Role of ICT in telemedicines 14. Low cost device for healthcare 15. Geospatial data in health insurance 16. Role of social media in healthcare 17. Issues and challenge in healthcare using geospatial big data
£107.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore Cyclonic Disasters and Resilience: An Empirical
Book SynopsisThe Bay of Bengal is prone to tropical cyclones and storm surges as a result of its location, and many of the mostly poor people living along the coastal regions of South Asia lose their lives almost every year. These disasters have been particularly devastating and have caused serious damage. During the past five decades, the low-lying coastal and offshore islands have experienced a tragic history of 50 severe cyclones and storm surges, with more than one million victims dead or missing. People accepted and waited for the next disaster as they had no alternatives. Members of the poor families who survived the disasters experienced hard times recovering from damage and the loss of their loved ones. After disasters, epidemic diseases arise in the affected areas. Many of the people in distress are also deprived of public services. Providing all sorts of assistance and emergency health preparedness are most essential to overcome such a situation. The causes of these huge casualties have been mainly: (1) the high population density of costal settlements, (2) inadequate cyclone shelters in the disaster risk areas, (3) lack of awareness of the disaster risk by the vulnerable population, (4) deterministic attitudes of people who accept disasters as “fate”, (5) houses that are weakly constructed and (6) underdeveloped central awareness programmes and weather forecast systems. This book is based on an empirical study presenting a timeline analysis of major cyclones and their impacts and consequent losses through the super-cyclones in the disaster-prone coastal regions of India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. This study also investigates resilience mechanisms based on early warning systems, technology applications including GIS and remote sensing, best practices, success stories and case studies that can be used for effective cyclone management and development of a resilience mechanism among coastal communities.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Conceptual and Contextual Scenario of Disaster Risk Reduction and Cyclonic Resilience Chapter 2: Major Cyclonic Disasters in India Chapter 3: The Application of Early Warning System in India Chapter 4: Major Cyclonic Disasters in Bangladesh Chapter 5: The Major Cyclonic disasters in Sri Lanka Chapter 6: Policy and Governance Strategies for Effective Cyclone Risk Management in Odisha, India: A Journey from 1999 Super Cyclone Chapter 7: Way forward and Resilience Development for Cyclone in South Asia
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Ubiquitous Mapping: Perspectives from Japan
Book SynopsisSince the last decades of the twentieth century, the circumstances surrounding map use and map making have drastically changed owing to advances in information and communication technologies (ICTs). In particular, the spread of web maps and mobile devices have altered the way people interact with maps. This book features the latest works on theoretical and practical issues of these changes by terming them “ubiquitous mapping”. In particular, the book pays attention to not only the technological basis but also multidisciplinary human–social aspects. The book covers the topics of the evaluation of ICT-based technologies for context-aware mapping, the theory and application of crowd-sourced geospatial information and collaborative mapping, and both the positive and negative effects of ubiquitous mapping on human society.Table of Contents1 On the Establishment of Theoretical Cartography and Meta-cartography and the Subsequent Development of Ubiquitous Mapping Part 1 Technological issues and applications 2 Ubiquitous Digital Storytelling with Local and Dynamic Georeferencing of Analog Maps 3 Developing and Evaluating Virtual Heiankyō AR 4 Role of Maps and Public Street Signs in Wayfinding Behavior by Foreign Visitors Part 2 Human aspects 5 Use of Smartphones as Navigation Aids and Acquisition of Spatial Knowledge 6 Intergenerational Differences in the Use of Maps: Results from an online survey 7 Development Process of OpenStreetMap Data in Japan Part 3 Social and practical issues 8 Stigmatization on the Web: Ethical consideration of geospatial stigmatiza-tion via online mapping 9 How Have Tactile Maps for the Visually Impaired Been Situated in Japan?: From the analysis of newspaper articles 10 Mapping Isolation: Distribution of Isolated Foreign Women Living in Rural Japan
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Concepts and Applications of Remote Sensing in
Book SynopsisThis edited book is a collection of information on recent advancements in remote sensing for forestry application. The main focus of this book is to address the novel applications in remote sensing in terms of recent techniques, sensors, methods and data collection. Remote sensing has been used for many decades. Today, remote sensing is heavily utilized in forest management, which is acquired from airborne and space-borne platforms using satellite data. In recent years, there have been rapid advances in the new types of sensors. The new generations of satellite sensors are introduced not only to provide important information on forest ecosystems, but also to improve the techniques and accuracies obtained by the traditional approaches. Researchers have become increasingly aware of the potential of remote sensing to address important forestry issues and challenges. The number of forestry publications using remote sensing has grown very rapidly, and this is noticeable with many recent technologies and applications. This book provides valuable source of reference to foresters, researchers, ecologists, climate change scientists and scholars who use remote sensing in their work. Furthermore, it serves as an academic book for undergraduate and graduate students of forestry, agriculture, natural resources and environmental sciences. The book demonstrates and engages the students how the new advancements in remote sensing technology and theory relate to the many real-world forestry applications. It gives readers deeper understanding on how remote sensing has come a long way and evolved into a mature science in the past five decades. Table of Contents1. Remote Sensing for Forest Inventory and Resources Assessment.- 2. Multiple Sensors and Platforms for Biophysical and Biochemical Characterizations of Various Ecosystem Types of Tropical Forests in Malaysia: Advance, Limitation and Opportunity.- 3. A Review on the Use of LiDAR Remote Sensing for Forest Landscape Restoration.- 4. Assessment and Modeling of Forest Biomass and Carbon Stock and Sequestration using Various Remote Sensing Sensor Systems.- 5. Spatial Modeling of Transport and Resources Accessibility for Protecting Forest Ecosystems Against Forest Fires.- 6. Assessment of Forest Aboveground Biomass Estimation from Superview-1 Satellite Image using Machine Learning Approaches.- 7. Floristic Distribution Modelling for Resource Partitioning of Four Native Tree Species in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Pakistan using Maxent.- 8. Application of Remote Sensing Vegetation Indices for Forest Cover Assessments.- 9. Rainforest Assessment in Brunei Darussalam through Application of Remote Sensing.- 10. Rubber Trees and Biomass Estimation Using Remote Sensing Technology.- 11. The Use of Landsat TM Imagery for the Application of Rubber Tree Area and Stand Volume Predictive Models in Rubber Plantations in Selangor, Malaysia.- 12. Using Historical Disturbance Identified with LandTrendr in Google Earth Engine for Land Cover Mapping of Oil Palm Landscapes.- 13. Geospatial Technology - Unlocking the Management and Monitoring in Malaysian Mangrove Forests.- 14. Effect of Tidal Regime, Relative Sea Level and Wind Intensity on Changes of Mangrove Area using Remote Sensing Approach.- 15. Spatio-temporal Distribution of Mangrove at Kuala Sepetang Forest Reserve, Malaysia using Remotely-sensed Data.- 16. Determination of The Effect of Urban Forests and Other Green Areas on Surface Temperature in Antalya.- 17. Conceptualising the Citizen-Driven Urban Forest Framework to Improve Local Climate Condition: Geospatial Data Fusion and Numerical Simulation.- 18. State-of-the-Art on Airborne LiDAR Applications in the Field of Forest Engineering.- 19. Restoration of Damaged Forest and Roles of Remote Sensing.- 20. Recent Advances in UAV-based Structure-from-motion Photogrammetry for Aboveground Biomass and Carbon Storage Estimations in Forestry.- 21. Hyperspectral Identification of Selected Dipterocarp Montane at the Species Level.- 22. Tree Biophysical Parameters Retrieval from Multi-source Remote Sensing Data Fusion.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Artificial Intelligence Oceanography
Book SynopsisThis open access book invites readers to learn how to develop artificial intelligence (AI)-based algorithms to perform their research in oceanography. Various examples are exhibited to guide details of how to feed the big ocean data into the AI models to analyze and achieve optimized results. The number of scholars engaged in AI oceanography research will increase exponentially in the next decade. Therefore, this book will serve as a benchmark providing insights for scholars and graduate students interested in oceanography, computer science, and remote sensing. Table of ContentsTheory and technology of artificial intelligence for oceanography.- Satellite data-driven internal wave forecast model based on machine learning techniques.- Detection and analysis of marine macroalgae based on artificial intelligence.- Tropical cyclone intensity estimation from geostationary satellite imagery.- Reconstructing marine environmental data based on deep learning.- Detecting oceanic processes from space-borne sar imagery using machine learning.- Deep convolutional neural networks-based coastal inundation mapping for un-defined least developed countries: taking madagascar and mozambique as examples.- Ai- based mesoscale eddy study.- Classifying sea ice types from sar images based on deep fully convolutional networks.- Detecting ships and extracting ship's size from SAR images based on deep learning.- Quality control of ocean temperature and salinity data based on machine learning technology.- automatic extraction of internal wave signature from multiple satellite sensors based on deep convolutional neural networks.- Automatic extraction of waterlines from large-scale tidal flats on SAR images and applications based on deep convolutional neural networks.- Forecast of tropical instability waves using deep learning.- Sea surface height prediction based on artificial intelligence.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Geographic Information Systems in Urban Planning
Book SynopsisGeographic Information Systems (GIS) play a pivotal role in the field of urban planning and management and provide better solutions for numerous urban problems. With GIS, one has the ability to better understand existing requirements of a city and its design to fulfill those needs. This book contributes to developing scientific knowledge based on geospatial technologies among planners, researchers, scientists, professionals, students, and laymen and providing them with better understanding for urban planning and management at various levels. The book manifests the importance of GIS in better understanding of current urban challenges and provides new insights on how to apply GIS in urban planning. It also encourages the various stakeholders of society to participate in the decision-making process and assists planners and authorities to formulate suitable plans for sustainable urban growth of a region. The book is divided into two parts. The first part describes the fundamental concepts of GIS and also deals with the advanced techniques of spatial planning. The second part addresses real-world case studies using various applications of GIS. The case studies include urban land-use changes, simulation of future urban growth, urban heat island, alternate landfill site selection and urban flood susceptibility mapping, among others. This book shows how to integrate GIS with remote sensing, geostatistics, artificial intelligence-machine learning techniques, and other cutting-edge technologies. Readers find this book to be an invaluable resource for understanding and solving problems relating to sustainable urban planning and management.Table of ContentsPART I Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems 1. Introduction of Geographic Information System 2. Referencing and Coordinate Systems in GIS 3. GIS Data Models 4. Data Input in GIS 5. Data Visualization and Output 6. Spatial Data Analysis 7. Non-spatial Data Management 8. Applications of GIS in Urban Policy/Planning/Management PART II Case Studies: Applications of Geographic Information Systems in Urban Planning and Management 9. Case Study 1 – Monitoring and Modelling of Urban Land Use Changes 10. Case Study 2 – Simulating Future Urban Growth using Cellular Automata-Markov Chain Models 11. Case Study 3 – Identification of Potential Sites for Housing Development Using GIS Based Multi-Criteria Evaluation Technique 12. Case Study 4 – Urban Green Space Analysis and Potential Site Selection for Green Space Expansion 13. Case Study 5 – A Multi-Criteria Decision Making for Alternative Landfill Site Selections Using Fuzzy TOPSIS Approach 14. Case Study 6 – Urban Flood Susceptibility Modelling of Srinagar using Novel Fuzzy Multi-Layer Perceptron Neural Network (Fuzzy MLPNN) 15. Case Study 7 – Assessment, Mapping and prediction of Urban Heat Island
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Springer Remote Sensing and GIS Application in Forest Conservation Planning
Book SynopsisIntroduction to Remote sensing and GIS Application in Forest Conservation Planning.- Forest fire incidences and their GIS mapping in western Himalayas; district Kinnaur from 2000 to 2020, Himachal Pradesh, India.- The Existing Forest Policies and Practices of Forest Fire Management Control and Prevention.- Land Use Land Cover Analysis of Forests of Pakistan- Case Studies of Chitral-Northern Mountainous Areas and Sindh-Southern Low Land.- Forest Fire Detection through Google Earth Engine using Landsat 8 Imagery: A Case Study from Panna District, Madhya Pradesh.- Optical remote sensing and geographic information system for assessing land cover change and forest management in Idanre forest reserve in Ondo state, Nigeria.- Integrative application of Landsat images and social surveys for assessing Land use/cover change and land surface temperature.- A comparative study of decadal changes in Land Use Land Cover pattern using geospatial data of Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu.- Assessment of the last 50 years temporal changes in the two Lake using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques Ramsar sites of Rajasthan - Keoladeo National Park and Sambhar.- Interacting RS and GIS to GWPZ in urban development site suitability analysis of Kovilpatti Region, Southern Tamil Nadu, India.- Assessment of irrigation suitable land in Africa: A continental study based on geospatial multi-criteria decision analysis.- Drainage Basin Morphometry of Gandhamardan Hills in Western Odisha using Geographic Information System.- A review on current modelling techniques for predicting forest fires.- Forest cover change in Keonjhar district of Odisha, India using remote sensing: An exploration based on landscape metrics.- The Stories of Ailing Forest Reserves and Standpoints of Agrarian Landowners: Kumbo and Lambo Reserves in Perspectives.- Forest preventives, mitigation measures, strategies and challenges.- Technologies and Methods for Land Use and Land Cover: A Comprehensive Review.- Understanding Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Communities: Resilience, Adaptation, and Sustainable Development in Sindh, Pakistan.- An assessment of groundwater vulnerability using GIS techniques in the Srivaikundam region of Thoothukudi district, Southern Tamil Nadu, India.- Conclusions.
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