Geospatial Techniques in Urban Hazard and Disaster Analysis - Showalter, Pamela S.; Lu, Yongmei; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010)
Sea Level Rise and Flood Analysis -- Modeling Sea-Level Rise and Surge in Low-Lying Urban Areas Using Spatial Data, Geographic Information Systems, and Animation Methods -- Urban Expansion and Sea-Level Rise Related Flood Vulnerability for Mumbai (Bombay), India Using Remotely Sensed Data -- A GIS for Flood Risk Management in Flanders -- Using Geographic Information Science to Estimate Vulnerable Urban Populations for Flood Hazard and Risk Assessment in New York City -- Geo-Information Technology for Infrastructural Flood Risk Analysis in Unplanned Settlements: A Case Study of Informal Settlement Flood Risk in the Nyabugogo Flood Plain, Kigali City, Rwanda -- Metropolitan Case Studies -- A Respiratory Riskscape for Texas Cities: A Spatial Analysis of Air Pollution, Demographic Attributes and Deaths from 2000 Through 2004 -- Spatial Distribution of Toxic Release Inventory Sites in Chicago Area: Is There Environmental Inequity? -- Risk and Exposure to Extreme Heat in Microclimates of Phoenix, AZ -- Wildfire Risk Analysis at the Wildland Urban Interface in Travis County, Texas -- Early Warning of Food Security Crises in Urban Areas: The Case of Harare, Zimbabwe, 2007 -- Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and International Applications -- Spatial Information Technologies for Disaster Management in China -- A Cybercartographic Tool for Supporting Disaster Prevention Planning Processes and Emergency Management in Mexico City -- Integration of Tsunami Analysis Tools into a GIS Workspace - Research, Modeling, and Hazard Mitigation efforts Within NOAA's Center for Tsunami Research -- Utilizing New Technologies in Managing Hazards and Disasters -- Hurricane Response/Recovery -- Remote Sensing and GIS Data/Information in the Emergency Response/Recovery Phase -- Investigating Recovery Patterns in Post Disaster Urban Settings: Utilizing Geospatial Technology to Understand Post-Hurricane Katrina Recovery in New Orleans, Louisiana -- Space and Time Changes in Neighborhood Recovery After a Disaster Using a Spatial Video Acquisition System -- Evacuation Studies -- Pre-evacuation Trip Behavior -- Micro-Level Emergency Response: 3D Geometric Network and an Agent-Based Model -- A Planning Support System for Terror-Resistant Urban Communities.
Keywords: Geographical information systems; Natural disasters; Urban geography; Remote sensing; Environmental management; Regional planning; Urban planning; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Natural Hazards; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Environmental Management; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning