Managing Natural Resources With Gis

by Lang, Laura

• ISBN13: 9781879102538
• ISBN10: 1879102536
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-07-01
• Publisher: Esri Pr

Summary

Find out how GIS technology helps people design solutions to such pressing problems as wild-fires, urban blights, agricultural yields, air and water quality, endangered species, disaster mitigation, resource location and extraction, coastline erosion, and public education.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Managing natural resources	1	(6)
The role of GIS	1	(5)
Education and spatial literacy	6	(1)
Oil and gas exploration	7	(8)
Drilling in sensitive areas	7	(2)
GIS for exploration and production	9	(3)
GIS in a broader context	12	(3)
Agriculture	15	(10)
Finding the right region	15	(3)
Collecting on-site data	18	(7)
Deforestation	25	(8)
Identifying resources at risk	25	(2)
Creating worldwide resource maps	27	(2)
Zeroing in on hot spots	29	(4)
Air pollution	33	(8)
Studying the effects of smog	33	(1)
Analyzing study data	34	(7)
Mining borate ore	41	(8)
Mining borax in the desert	41	(2)
Collecting site data	43	(2)
Regulatory compliance	45	(4)
Clean water	49	(8)
Viewing the watershed	49	(1)
Collecting field samples	50	(2)
Modeling contaminants to forecast future levels	52	(1)
Using GIS to educate	53	(4)
Reclaiming brownfields	57	(8)
New York takes stock	57	(2)
Characterizing potential sites	59	(1)
Increasing community awareness	60	(1)
Analyzing site data	61	(4)
Coastal protection	65	(8)
Stopping pollution at its source	65	(2)
Spotting land use conflicts	67	(1)
Guiding development to safer areas	68	(5)
Forests and wildfires	73	(10)
Tracking fires and equipment	73	(4)
Managing forest habitat	77	(2)
Monitoring timber sales	79	(1)
Opening data to the public	80	(3)
Endangered species	83	(8)
Balancing the needs of man and nature	83	(2)
Applying regional data to local projects	85	(1)
Finding the right conditions	86	(3)
Sustaining a healthy life cycle	89	(2)
Disaster planning and recovery	91	(8)
Understanding Portland's hazards	91	(1)
Proximity to an offshore fault	92	(1)
Mapping earthquake risk factors	93	(1)
Distributing risk data to planners	94	(2)
Sharing risk data with the public	96	(3)
Conservation in classrooms	99	(6)
The outdoor classroom	99	(1)
Collecting and publishing watershed data	100	(1)
Saving salmon in Trestle Bay	101	(1)
The CORIE Project	102	(3)
Appendix GIS data for natural resource applications	105	(8)
Spatial and attribute data	105	(3)
Where to get natural resources data	108	(5)
Glossary	113