Making Spatial Decisions Using GIS

Name: Making Spatial Decisions Using GIS
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ISBN: 9781589481831

ISBN-10: 1589481836

ISBN-13: 9781589481831

Edition: 2008

Authors: Kathryn Keranen, Robert Kolvoord

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"Making Spatial Decisions Using GIS, level 4 of the Our World GIS Education series, allows students to experience the GIS decision-making process in real-world settings. Designed for an upper-level high school or college curriculum, the five modules in this book invite students to perform sophisticated analyses in a variety of content areas. The projects in this book encourage students to make not only maps but also the type of spatial decisions that confront professionals in all walks of life. The five modules pose decisions that will have students examine location criteria, population patterns, chemical spills, storm-ravaged coastlines, and big-city crime." "Making Spatial Decisions Using…

Book details

Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: ESRI, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/1/2008
Binding: Audio, Other
Pages: 186
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

Hazardous emergency decisions	p. 3
An explosive situation in Springfield, Virginia	p. 5
Skirting the spill in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina	p. 23
On your own	p. 29
Demographic decisions	p. 33
For richer or poorer in Chicago	p. 35
Determining diversity in Washington, D.C.	p. 57
On your own	p. 63
Law enforcement decisions	p. 67
Taking a bite out of Houston's crime	p. 69
Logging Lincoln's police activity	p. 91
On your own	p. 99
Hurricane damage decisions	p. 103
Coastal flooding from Hurricane Katrina	p. 105
Hurricane Wilma storm surge	p. 121
On your own	p. 127
Location decisions	p. 131
Homing in on Maricopa County, Arizona	p. 133
Station location in Franklin County, Ohio	p. 153
On your own	p. 157
Create a network database	p. 159
Cartographic information	p. 161
Resources	p. 163
ArcMap toolbar quick reference	p. 165
Extensions toolbar quick reference	p. 167
References and photo credits	p. 169
Data sources	p. 171
Data license agreement	p. 175
Installing the data and resources	p. 177
Installing and registering the trial software	p. 181
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