Geospatial Techniques in Urban Hazard and Disaster Analysis
This book examines how Geographic Information Technologies (GIT) are being implemented to improve our understanding of a variety of hazard and disaster situations. The volume is a compilation of recent research using Geographic Information Systems (GIS),
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Geotechnologies and the Environment Volume 2 Series Editors: Jay D. Gatrell, School of Graduate Studies and Department of Geography, Geology, and Anthropology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, USA Ryan R. Jensen, Department of Geography, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA The “Geotechnologies and the Environment” series is intended to provide specialists in the geotechnologies and academics who utilize these technologies, with an opportunity to share novel approaches, present interesting (sometimes counter-intuitive) case studies, and most importantly to situate GIS, remote sensing, GPS, the internet, new technologies, and methodological advances in a real world context. In doing so, the books in the series will be inherently applied and reflect the rich variety of research performed by geographers and allied professionals. Beyond the applied nature of many of the papers and individual contributions, the series interrogates the dynamic relationship between nature and society. For this reason, many contributors focus on human-environment interactions. The series are not limited to an interpretation of the environment as nature per se. Rather, the series “places” people and social forces in context and thus explore the many socio-spatial environments humans construct for themselves as they settle the landscape. Consequently, contributions will use geotechnologies to examine both urban and rural landscapes.
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Pamela S. Showalter · Yongmei Lu Editors
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Editors Dr. Pamela S. Showalter Texas State University Department of Geography San Marcos TX 78666-4616 USA [email protected]
Dr. Yongmei Lu Texas State University Department of Geography San Marcos TX 78666-4616 USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-90-481-2237-0 e-ISBN 978-90-481-2238-7 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-2238-7 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 200992683 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover image: Diamondhead Debris Sites-Post-Kalrina Imagery and Parcels, photo courtesy of Federal Emergency Management Agency, USA. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
This book is the second in a series that examines how geographic information technologies (GIT) are being implemented to improve our understanding of a variety of hazard and disaster situations. The main types of technologies covered under the umbrella of GIT, as used in this volume, are geographic information systems, remote sensing (not including groun
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