Confronting Catastrophe A GIS Handbook

Name: Confronting Catastrophe A GIS Handbook
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ISBN: 9781589480407

ISBN-10: 1589480406

ISBN-13: 9781589480407

Edition: 2002

Authors: R. W. Greene

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Showing how geographic information systems (GIS) technology can provide crucial and timely information and analysis to organizations involved in emergency response and homeland security, this hands-on manual is written for communities that face the threat of large-scale disasters, whether they be wild-fires, hurricanes, earthquakes, or terrorist attacks. With full-color maps depicting the landscape of real catastrophic events; community checklists, and lessons learned from the real world of catastrophe response and preparedness, this manual is essential reading for communities that seek to make themselves more prepared should the unthinkable happen. Included are examples of how…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: ESRI, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 154
Size: 6.58" wide x 8.99" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.792

Greene-Staff writer for ESRI Press & former fellow of the Kiplinger Public Affairs Reporting Program at Ohio State University



Acknowledgments and credits


Introduction



Identification and planning



Mitigation



Preparedness



Response



Recovery



Challenges for GIS in Emergency Preparedness and Response



Spatial data layers



Five-year general strategies matrix of the FIRESCOPE Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Information Technology Group (GISSIT)