Description
Book SynopsisGIS and Environmental Modeling: Progress and Research Issues Michael F. Goodchild, Louis T. Steyaert, Bradley O. Parks, Carol Johnston, David Maidment, Michael Crane, and Sandi Glendinning, Editors With growing pressure on natural resources and landscapes there is an increasing need to predict the consequences of any changes to the environment.
Table of ContentsPartial table of contents:
ENVIRONMENTAL DATABASES AND MAPPING.
Information Technology for Public Policy (R. Miller).
The Spatial Data Infrastructure of Environmental Modeling (M.Goodchild).
Sampling Strategies for Machine Learning Using GIS (B. Lees).
The Sequoia 2000 Project (J. Frew).
ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING LINKED TO GIS.
Conditional Simulation of Percolate Flux Below a Root Zone (A.Rogowski).
BUILDING ENVIRONMENTAL MODELS WITH GIS.
Environmental Modeling within GIS (D. Maidment).
Managing Spatial Continuity for Integrating Environmental Modelswith GIS (K. Kemp).
The Integration of Empirical Modeling, Dynamic Process Modeling,Visualization, and GIS for Bushfire Decision Support in Australia(S. Kessell).
Scientific Visualization for Environmental Modeling: Interactiveand Proactive Graphics (B. Buttenfield).
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