GIS for Homeland Security

Name: GIS for Homeland Security
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ISBN: 9781589481558

ISBN-10: 1589481550

ISBN-13: 9781589481558

Edition: 2007

Authors: Mike Kataoka, Mike Kataoka

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GIS for Homeland Security provides general overviews on how GIS is used for gathering and analyzing intelligence, protecting critical infrastructure, responding to complex emergencies, preparing for disease outbreaks and bioterrorism, securing complex events, and simulating disasters. A final chapter looks ahead at the growing role of GIS in homeland security. Each chapter includes three case studies that illuminate the topic with specific real-world examples. Key GIS players are profiled.

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: ESRI, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 99
Size: 7.58" wide x 8.96" long x 0.29" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Gathering and analyzing intelligence


Case study 1: Emergency Management Mapping Application (EMMA)


Case study 2: South Carolina Information Exchange (SCIEx)


Case study 3: Arizona Counter Terrorism Information Center (ACTIC)



Protecting critical infrastructure


Case study 1: TriValley GIS


Case study 2: Kentucky's Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (KY CSEPP)


Case study 3: PureActiv video surveillance



Responding to complex emergencies


Case study 1: Hurricane Katrina


Case study 2: Graniteville, South Carolina, train wreck


Case study 3: California wildfires


GIS Profiles


Steven Robinson: Los Angeles City Fire Department helitac


Bill Hilling: Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program


Ron Langhelm: Federal disaster response


Marie Lynn Miranda: Duke University Children's Environmental Health Initiative



Preparing for disease outbreaks and bioterrorism


Case study 1: Kansas cattle tracking


Case study 2: Pennsylvania's West Nile virus surveillance


Case study 3: New York City's syndromic disease surveillance



Securing complex events


Case study 1: Salt Lake City Winter Olympics


Case study 2: 2004 Democratic National Convention


Case study 3: Super Bowl XLI



Looking ahead


Acronyms and abbreviations


Glossary of homeland security terms