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Environmental Geoinformatics

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Author : Joseph L. Awange
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-06-13

Environmental Geoinformatics written by Joseph L. Awange and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-13 with Science categories.

There is no doubt that today, perhaps more than ever before, humanity faces a myriad of complex and demanding challenges. These include natural resource depletion and environmental degradation, food and water insecurity, energy shortages, diminishing biodiversity, increasing losses from natural disasters, and climate change with its associated potentially devastating consequences, such as rising sea levels. These human-induced and natural impacts on the environment need to be well understood in order to develop informed policies, decisions, and remedial measures to mitigate current and future negative impacts. To achieve this, continuous monitoring and management of the environment to acquire data that can be soundly and rigorously analyzed to provide information about its current state and changing patterns, and thereby allow predictions of possible future impacts, are essential. Developing pragmatic and sustainable solutions to address these and many other similar challenges requires the use of geodata and the application of geoinformatics. This book presents the concepts and applications of geoinformatics, a multidisciplinary field that has at its core different technologies that support the acquisition, analysis and visualization of geodata for environmental monitoring and management. We depart from the 4D to the 5D data paradigm, which defines geodata accurately, consistently, rapidly and completely, in order to be useful without any restrictions in space, time or scale to represent a truly global dimension of the digital Earth. The book also features the state-of-the-art discussion of Web-GIS. The concepts and applications of geoinformatics presented in this book will be of benefit to decision-makers across a wide range of fields, including those at environmental agencies, in the emergency services, public health and epidemiology, crime mapping, environmental management agencies, tourist industry, market analysis and e-commerce, or mineral exploration, among many others. The title and subtitle of this textbook convey a distinct message. Monitoring -the passive part in the subtitle - refers to observation and data acquisition, whereas management - the active component - stands for operation and performance. The topic is our environment, which is intimately related to geoinformatics. The overall message is: all the mentioned elements do interact and must not be separated. Hans-Peter B ahr, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.h.c., Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany.

Environmental Geoinformatics

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Author : Joseph Awange
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-12-08

Environmental Geoinformatics written by Joseph Awange and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-08 with Science categories.

This second edition includes updated chapters from the first edition as well as five additional new chapters (Light detection and ranging (LiDAR), CORONA historical de-classified products, Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles (UAVs), GNSS-reflectometry and GNSS applications to climate variability), shifting the main focus from monitoring and management to extreme hydro-climatic and food security challenges and exploiting big data. Since the publication of first edition, much has changed in terms of technology, and the demand for geospatial data has increased with the advent of the big data era. For instance, the use of laser scanning has advanced so much that it is unavoidable in most environmental monitoring tasks, whereas unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAVs)/drones are emerging as efficient tools that address food security issues as well as many other contemporary challenges. Furthermore, global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) are now responding to challenges posed by climate change by unravelling the impacts of teleconnection (e.g., ENSO) as well as advancing the use of reflected signals (GNSS-reflectometry) to monitor, e.g., soil moisture variations. Indeed all these rely on the explosive use of “big data” in many fields of human endeavour. Moreover, with the ever-increasing global population, intense pressure is being exerted on the Earth’s resources, leading to significant changes in its land cover (e.g., deforestation), diminishing biodiversity and natural habitats, dwindling fresh water supplies, and changing weather and climatic patterns (e.g., global warming, changing sea level). Environmental monitoring techniques that provide information on these are under scrutiny from an increasingly environmentally conscious society that demands the efficient delivery of such information at a minimal cost. Environmental changes vary both spatially and temporally, thereby putting pressure on traditional methods of data acquisition, some of which are highly labour intensive, such as animal tracking for conservation purposes. With these challenges, conventional monitoring techniques, particularly those that record spatial changes call for more sophisticated approaches that deliver the necessary information at an affordable cost. One direction being pursued in the development of such techniques involves environmental geoinformatics, which can act as a stand-alone method or complement traditional methods.

Geoinformatics For Environmental Management

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Author : M Anji Reddy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-05-04

Geoinformatics For Environmental Management written by M Anji Reddy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-04 with Technology & Engineering categories.

With the advent of advanced satellite sensors, high resolution satellite imagery, Global Positioning System (GPS) and Geographical Information Systems (GIS), that enables mapping and modelling of the landscape, it is becoming even more important for the research scientist and engineer in the field of environment to integrate Geoinformatics Technology into their scientific investigation. This book focuses on the development of advanced technologies of Geoinformatics for Environmental Management. This book is intended for the academic community as well as the resource scientist, engineers, decision makers and planners involved in environmental problem solving. The book is organized around two main themes, namely principles of Geoinformatics and Applications to Environmental Management with case studies, spread over a total of eighteen chapters. From applications of Surveying and Mapping to Natural Disaster Management, and other areas of natural resources, Geoinformatics for Environmental Management provides a complete picture of the fascinating and rapidly growing fields of remote sensing, GIS and GPS. Unique in scope, this book covers the full interdisciplinary spectrum of the subject including Surveying and Mapping, Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, Global Positioning System (GPS), Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Forest Resource Management, Watershed Management, Saltwater Intrusion Modelling, Water Quality Mapping and Modelling, Solid Waste Management, Natural Disaster Management and Urban Planning and Management. This is the first book of its kind to incorporate and summarize number of case studies of environmental issues for students, teachers, and practitioners. In addition, it provides operational methodologies for analysis and design of environmental projects.

Remote Sensing For Environmental Monitoring Gis Applications And Geology

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003

Remote Sensing For Environmental Monitoring Gis Applications And Geology written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Detectors categories.

Remote Sensing For Environmental Monitoring Gis Applications And Geology Iv

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Author : Manfred Ehlers
language : en
Publisher: SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering
Release Date : 2004

Remote Sensing For Environmental Monitoring Gis Applications And Geology Iv written by Manfred Ehlers and has been published by SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Science categories.

Proceedings of SPIE present the original research papers presented at SPIE conferences and other high-quality conferences in the broad-ranging fields of optics and photonics. These books provide prompt access to the latest innovations in research and technology in their respective fields. Proceedings of SPIE are among the most cited references in patent literature.

Remote Sensing Gis For Environmental Studies

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Author : Stefan Erasmi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005

Remote Sensing Gis For Environmental Studies written by Stefan Erasmi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Geographic information systems categories.

Geoinformatics

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009

Geoinformatics written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Geographic information systems categories.

Geoinformatics For Natural Resource Management

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Author : P. K. Joshi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009

Geoinformatics For Natural Resource Management written by P. K. Joshi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Business & Economics categories.

This title contains chapters written by noted researchers and experts. It brings together the concepts, theories and experiences of experts in the field of geoinformatics in relation to natural resource management.

Geographic Information Systems Gis In Environmental Resources Management

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996

Geographic Information Systems Gis In Environmental Resources Management written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Environmental management categories.

Environmental Geoinformatics And Modelling

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Author : M. Anji Reddy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006

Environmental Geoinformatics And Modelling written by M. Anji Reddy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with categories.