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Making Spatial Decisions Using GIS A Workbook, Second Edition

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ISBN-10: 1589482808

ISBN-13: 9781589482807

Edition: 2nd 2012

Authors: Kathryn Keranen, Robert Kolvoord

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Making Spatial Decisions Using GIS: A Workbook, second edition, provides scenario-based lessons that develop GIS skills and critical thinking. Students will use organized workflows, spatial analysis, and visualization to make decisions rooted in real-world issues about crime, hazards, hurricanes, demographics, and urban planning. Designed for a college curriculum, Making Spatial Decisions Using GIS: A Workbookdevelops GIS skills using step-by-step instructions, guided activities that reinforce learned concepts, and independent projects that encourage students to find local data and situations. The first edition was part of the Our World GIS Education series published by Esri Press, which…    
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Book details

List price: $69.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: ESRI, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/15/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Workflow
Hazardous emergency decisions
An explosive situation in Springfield, Virginia
Skirting the spill in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
On your own
For richer or poorer in Chicago
Determining diversity in Washington, D.C.
On your own
Law enforcement decisions
Taking a bite out of Houston's crime
Logging Lincoln's police activity
On your own
Hurricane damage decisions
Coastal flooding from Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Wilma storm surge
On your own
Urban planning decisions
Where to grow in San Diego
Analyzing urban sprawl in Seattle
On your own
Data sources
Data license agreement
Installing the data and resources
Installing the trial software