| Representing, Modeling, and Visualizing the Natural Environment: Innovations in GIS Contributor(s): Mount, Nick (Editor), Harvey, Gemma (Editor), Aplin, Paul (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1420055496 ISBN-13: 9781420055498 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $228.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2008 Annotation: The increase in public interest on the natural environment can most certainly be attributed to growing public awareness on the impacts of global warming and climate change. Representing, Modeling, and Visualizing the Natural Environment contains contributions from recognized experts and addresses crucial research questions pertaining to how the natural environment should be visually represented. The book considers the interplay between data representation, modeling, and visualization in environmental studies and reviews state-of-the-art GIS applications for the natural environment. The authors also identify emerging future research directions. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems - Travel - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - General |
| Dewey: 910.285 |
| LCCN: 2008048946 |
| Series: Innovations In GIS |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.50 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The explosion of public interest in the natural environment can, to a large extent, be attributed to greater public awareness of the impacts of global warming and climate change. This has led to increased research interest and funding directed at studies of issues affecting sensitive, natural environments. Not surprisingly, much of this work has required the innovative application of GIS and has led to a crucial research question: How should the environment be represented, modeled, analyzed, and visualized within a GIS? With contributions from recognized international experts, Representing, Modeling, and Visualizing the Natural Environment explores the interplay between data representation, modeling, and visualization in environmental studies. It reviews state-of-the-art GIS applications for the natural environment and presents them in the context of a range of recent studies. This focus identifies analytical challenges and illustrates broader opportunities for applying GIS within other areas of the sciences and social sciences. The integrated approach reflects the need for a single volume covering all aspects While many texts cover aspects of GIS application within an environmental context, few of these books focus specifically on the natural environment nor do they integrate the questions that encompass the full process of enquiry associated with GIS application in studies of the environment. The thirteenth volume in the widely recognized Innovations of GIS series, this book investigates each of these questions in turn, explicitly addressing all aspects of GIS application in the natural environment. |