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Summary
Summary
Increasingly used to analyze and manage marine and coastal zones, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) provide a powerful set of tools for integrating and processing spatial information. These technologies are increasingly used in the management and analysis of the coastal zone. Supplying the guidance necessary to use these tools, GIS for Coastal Zone Management explores key technical, theoretical, and applications issues. Drawing on the practical experience of experts in the field, the book discusses recent developments and specific applications.
A comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date overview of the state-of-the-art in coastal zone GIS applications, this down-to-earth and practical book puts the science in a management context. The chapters present groundbreaking coastal applications of GIS based decision support tools, spatial data infrastructures, remote sensing technology including LiDAR and CASI, and more. Covering a broad range of topics by international experts, the logical organization supplies a flow and structure to the entire book that makes the information not only easily accessible but immediately applicable.
Author Notes
Darius Bartlett, Jennifer Smith
Table of Contents
Foreword | p. ix |
Preface | p. xiii |
Contributors | p. xv |
Chapter 1 Coastal Spatial Data Infrastructure | p. 1 |
Chapter 2 Bridging the Land-Sea Divide Through Digital Technologies | p. 17 |
Chapter 3 A Comparative Study of Shoreline Mapping Techniques | p. 27 |
Chapter 4 Monitoring Coastal Environments Using Remote Sensing and GIS | p. 35 |
Chapter 5 Spatial Uncertainty in Marine and Coastal GIS | p. 51 |
Chapter 6 New Directions for Coastal and Marine Monitoring: Web Mapping and Mobile Application Technologies | p. 63 |
Chapter 7 Exploring the Optimum Spatial Resolution for Satellite Imagery: A Coastal Area Case Study | p. 77 |
Chapter 8 Visualisation for Coastal Zone Management | p. 95 |
Chapter 9 Application of a Decision Support System in the Development of a Hydrodynamic Model for a Coastal Area | p. 109 |
Chapter 10 Decision-Making in the Coastal Zone Using Hydrodynamic Modelling with a GIS Interface | p. 125 |
Chapter 11 Towards an Institutional GIS for the Iroise Sea (France) | p. 141 |
Chapter 12 Culture Intermixing, the Diffusion of GIS and its Application to Coastal Management in Developing Countries | p. 153 |
Chapter 13 The Use of GIS to Enhance Communications of Cultural and Natural Resources and Contamination | p. 165 |
Chapter 14 GIS Applications in Coastal Management: A View from the Developing World | p. 181 |
Chapter 15 High-Resolution Elevation and Image Data Within the Bay of Fundy Coastal Zone, Nova Scotia, Canada | p. 195 |
Chapter 16 Mapping and Analysing Historical Shoreline Changes Using GIS | p. 219 |
Chapter 17 GIS for Assessing Land-Based Activities that Pollute Coastal Environments | p. 229 |
Chapter 18 Applying the Geospatial Technologies to Estuary Environments | p. 239 |
Chapter 19 A Territorial Information System (TIS) for the Management of the Seine Estuary--Environmental and Management Applications | p. 257 |
Chapter 20 Developing an Environmental Oil Spill Sensitivity Atlas for the West Greenland Coastal Zone | p. 269 |
Chapter 21 Environment Canada's Atlantic Sensitivity Mapping Program | p. 281 |
Epilogue: Meeting the Needs of Integrated Coastal Zone Management | p. 295 |
Index | p. 301 |