Geographic information analysis for sustainable development and economic planning : new technologies / Giuseppe Borruso ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borruso, Giuseppe, 1972-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geographic information systems.

Hydrology--Geographic information systems.

Hydrology.

Cities and towns--Geographic information systems.

Cities and towns.

Civil engineering--Geographic information systems.

Civil engineering.

Physical Description:

electronic texts (359 p.) : digital files.

Place of Publication:

Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference, c2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"This book tackles topics related to development of Geographic Information in terms of the technologies available for retrieving, managing, and analyzing geographical data"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Assessment of NASA's physiographic and meteorological datasets as input to HSPF and SWAT hydrological models / Vladimir J. Alarcon ... [et al.]

A quantitative methodological approach for the definition of the urban systems of Benevento and Salerno / Massimiliano Bencardino

A comparison of principal component-based and multivariate regression of cardiac disease / Fox Underwood, Stefania Bertazzon

Cartography and geovisualization in groundwater modelling / E. Cascelli, E. Crestaz, F. Tatangelo

Studies of accessibility to healthcare in Canada / Olesya Elikan

Indicators of land degradation vulnerability due to anthropic factors: tools for an efficient planning / V. Imbrenda ... [et al.]

Land cover analysis for evapotranspiration assessment in Catania metropolitan region / Paolo La Greca ... [et al.]

Mobile phone network data: new sources for urban studies? / Fabio Manfredini, Paola Pucci, Paolo Tagliolato

Urban sprawl and the quantification of spatial dispersion / Federico Martellozzo, Keith C. Clarke

Cultivated lands within urban area: cultural heritage dying out or new environment chance for the town? the case of Trieste / G. Mauro

Insurance in Italy: a spatial perspective / Giovanni Millo, Gaetano Carmeci

Urban environment quality in the Italian spatial data infrastructure / L. Congedo ... [et al.]

Spatial clustering phenomena of the non-native resident population in Italy / Silvestro Montrone, Paola Perchinunno

Can long-distance rail accessibility affect the real estate market? / Francesca Pagliara, John Preston

Sustainability in the safety measures of the historical-cultural heritage against hydraulic risks / Francesca Pirlone, Zaira Sotgia, Ilenia Spadaro

Integration of satellite remote sensing techniques and landscape metrics to characterize land cover change and dynamics / Carmelo Riccardo Fichera, Giuseppe Modica, Maurizio Pollino

Cultural heritage management at the local level: a geo-spatial e-participation approach / Lorena Rocca, Aline Chiabai, Livio Chiarullo

On the MDBSCAN algorithm in a spatial data mining context / Gabriella Schoier

A GIS implementation of a model of systemic vulnerability assessment in urbanized areas exposed to combined risk of landslide and flood / Francesco Sdao ... [et al.]

A dynamic method and interactive software to monitor and design place identity / Marichela Sepe ... [et al.]

Reinforcing the place of dynamic spatialised indicators in a generic socioeconomic model / Fenintsoa Andriamasinoro

Seeking for connections among real estate economy, social value, and identity inside the districts of manhattan / Carmelo Maria Torre, Palma R. Oliva

Wiki-planning: the experience of Basento Park In Potenza / Beniamino Murgante.

Notes:

Description based on title screen (IGI Global, viewed July 18, 2012).

"Premier reference source"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781466619258 (ebook)

OCLC:

807849592