Geospatial technologies and homeland security: research frontiers and future challenges

This edited volume, based upon the papers presented during the ‘Geospatial Technologies and Homeland Security Symposium’ on Nov. 15, 2006, presents an overview of the latest development of geospatial technologies (including, but not limited to, GIS, RS, GPS, LBS, spatial analysis and modelling etc.) and their applications in piecing together the complex puzzles facing the challenges of the homeland security research and education. A wide variety of topics, ranging from conceptual and methodological to technical and social/legal issues, arecovered by contributions from leading academic researchers. This book will beof great interest to researchers and practitioners in both GIS and homeland security. It could also serve as a reference text for advanced GIS courses at the undergraduate level or main text for seminars in GIScience. Comprehensive review of the latest geospatial technologies for homeland security and emergency management applications Covering diverse topics, ranging from technical, methodological, social, and educational issues Written by leading academic researchers in geospatial technologies and homeland security/emergency management INDICE: From the contents Dedication page/Acknowledgement. Biography of the editor and contributors. Foreword. 1. Geospatial technologies and homeland security. An overview. 2. Remote sensing and GIS as counterterrorism tools for homeland security. The case of Afghanistan. 3. Economic impacts of terrorist attacks and natural disasters. Case studies of Los Angles and Houston. 4. From crime analysis to homeland security. A role for neighborhood profiling? 5. Measuring and mapping conflict-related deaths and segregation. Lessons from the Belfast ‘troubles’. 6. Internal security for communities. A spatial analysis ofthe effectiveness of sex offender laws. 7. Remote sensing-based damage assessment for homeland security. 8. Estimating flood damage in Texas using GIS. Predictors, consequences, and policy implications. 9. Agent-based modeling and evacuation planning. 10. Building evacuation in emergencies. A review and interpretation of software for simulating pedestrian egress. 11. High-resolution coastal elevation data. The key to planning for storm surge and sea level rise. 12. Remote sensing and GIS applications for precision area-wide pest management. Implications for homeland security. 13. Spatial epidemiology. Where have we come in 150 years? 14. The role of geosurveillance and security in the politics of fear.

• ISBN: 978-1-4020-8339-6
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 375
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés