Gis for Environmental Management

This look at complex environmental challenges and their increasingly sophisticated technological solutions explores case studies of the most innovative geographic information system (GIS) projects yet devised by governments, businesses, and individuals. Each study showcases GIS solutions, yet balances the technology with practical human applications. Topics ranging from biodiversity and pollution to specific subjects such as coastal zone management and change detection make this text relevant for nontechnical audiences and GIS professionals alike.

Robert Scally is a journalist whose work has appeared in American Banker, DSN/Retailing Today, the San Diego Business Journal, and The Wall Street Journal. He lives in San Diego, California.

Foreword

vii

Preface

ix

Acknowledgments

xi

Biodiversity

1

(16)

Expanding Madagascar's national parks and protected areas

Pollution

17

(16)

Settling the dust along the international border Sidebar: GIS tracks contamination from the World Trade Center collapse

Coastal zone management

33

(14)

Conserving California's underwater forests

Wetlands

47

(20)

Drawing the line between wet and dry along Lake Ontario Sidebar: GIS helps preserve Japan's Kushiro Wetland

Resource management

67

(14)

Reviving Nebraska's historic Platte River

Brownfields

81

(16)

Reclaiming land at England's epicenter of the Industrial Revolution

Change detection

97

(14)

Monitoring habitat in California's Central Valley

Urban forest management

111

(14)

Seeing the trees for the city in New York

Wildlife management

125

(16)

Saving birds of prey in northern California

Military use and mitigation

141

(16)

Charting unexploded ordnance in West Virginia's wilderness Sidebar: DUSTRAN predicts dust dispersion from military training exercises

Petroleum

157

(18)

Cooperating in the Gulf Coast to plan for oil spills Sidebar: NOAA goes fishing and G-WIS meets ELMR

Public policy and regulation

175

(10)

Influencing environmental decisions in Maine

Glossary

185

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Gis for Environmental Management

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