Geospatial Technologies and Homeland Security : Research Frontiers and Future Challenges /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Sui, Daniel. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
Colección:GeoJournal Library, 94
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Geospatial Technologies and Homeland Security: An Overview
  • Remote Sensing and GIS as Counterterrorism Tools for Homeland Security: The case of Afghanistan
  • Economic Impacts of Terrorist Attacks and Natural Disasters: Case Studies of Los Angeles and Houston
  • From Crime Analysis to Homeland Security: A Role for Neighborhood Profiling?
  • Measuring and Mapping Conflict-Related Deaths and Segregation: Lessons from the Belfast ‘Troubles’
  • Internal Security for Communities: A Spatial Analysis of the Effectiveness of Sex Offender Laws
  • Remote Sensing-Based Damage Assessment for Homeland Security
  • Estimating Flood Damage in Texas Using GIS: Predictors, Consequences, and Policy Implications
  • Agent-Based Modeling and Evacuation Planning
  • Building Evacuation in Emergencies: A Review and Interpretation of Software for Simulating Pedestrian Egress
  • High-Resolution Coastal Elevation Data: The Key to Planning for Storm Surge and Sea Level Rise
  • Remote Sensing and GIS Applications for Precision Area-Wide Pest Management: Implications for Homeland Security
  • Spatial Epidemiology: Where Have We Come in 150 Years?
  • The Role of Geosurveillance and Security in the Politics of Fear
  • Mapping the Under-Scrutinized: The West German Census Boycott Movement of 1987 and the Dangers of Information-Based Security
  • The Importance of Spatial Thinking in an Uncertain World
  • GIS and Homeland Security Education: Creating a Better Tomorrow in our Classrooms Today
  • Geospatial Technologies and Homeland Security: Challenges and Opportunities.