GIS for Coastal Zone Management
eBook - ePub

GIS for Coastal Zone Management

  1. 344 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

GIS for Coastal Zone Management

About this book

Increasingly used to analyze and manage marine and coastal zones, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) provide a powerful set of tools for integrating and processing spatial information. These technologies are increasingly used in the management and analysis of the coastal zone. Supplying the guidance necessary to use these tools, GIS for Coastal

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table Of Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. Contributors
  9. Chapter One Coastal Spatial Data Infrastructure
  10. Chapter Two Bridging the Land-Sea Divide Through Digital Technologies
  11. Chapter Three A Comparative Study of Shoreline Mapping Techniques
  12. Chapter Four Monitoring Coastal Environments Using Remote Sensing and GIS
  13. Chapter Five Spatial Uncertainty in Marine and Coastal GIS
  14. Chapter Six New Directions for Coastal and Marine Monitoring: Web Mapping and Mobile Application Technologies
  15. Chapter Seven Exploring the Optimum Spatial Resolution for Satellite Imagery: A Coastal Area Case Study
  16. Chapter Eight Visualisation for Coastal Zone Management
  17. Chapter Nine Application of a Decision Support System in the Development of a Hydrodynamic Model for a Coastal Area
  18. Chapter Ten Decision-Making in the Coastal Zone Using Hydrodynamic Modelling with a GIS Interface
  19. Chapter Eleven Towards an Institutional GIS for the Iroise Sea (France)
  20. Chapter Twelve Culture Intermixing, the Diffusion of GIS and its Application to Coastal Management in Developing Countries
  21. Chapter Thirteen The Use of GIS to Enhance Communications of Cultural and Natural Resources and Contamination
  22. Chapter Fourteen GIS Applications in Coastal Management: A View from the Developing World
  23. Chapter Fifteen High-Resolution Elevation and Image Data Within the Bay of Fundy Coastal Zone, Nova Scotia, Canada
  24. Chapter Sixteen Mapping and Analysing Historical Shoreline Changes Using GIS
  25. Chapter Seventeen GIS for Assessing Land-Based Activities that Pollute Coastal Environments
  26. Chapter Eighteen Applying the Geospatial Technologies to Estuary Environments
  27. Chapter Nineteen A Territorial Information System (TIS) for the Management of the Seine Estuary - Environmental and Management Applications
  28. Chapter Twenty Developing an Environmental Oil Spill Sensitivity Atlas for the West Greenland Coastal Zone
  29. Chapter Twenty-one Environment Canada’s Atlantic Sensitivity Mapping Program
  30. Epilogue: Meeting the Needs of Integrated Coastal Zone Management
  31. Index