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Geospatial technologies and homeland security : research frontiers and future challenges /

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Corporate Author: Geospatial Technologies and Homeland Security Symposium Texas A & M University
Other Authors: Sui, Daniel Z. (Daniel Zhi), 1965-
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: [Dordrecht, Netherlands?] : Springer, [2008]
Series:GeoJournal library ; v. 94.
Subjects:
Civil defense > Data processing > Congresses.
Emergency management > Data processing > Congresses.
Information storage and retrieval systems > Civil defense > Congresses.
Information storage and retrieval systems > Emergency management > Congresses.
Civil defense > Technological innovations > Congresses.
Emergency management > Technological innovations > Congresses.
Social control > Technological innovations > Congresses.
Geospatial data > Congresses.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • Geospatial technologies and Homeland Security: an overview / Daniel Z. Sui
  • Remote sensing and GIS as counterterrorism tools for Homeland Security: the case of Afghanistan / John (Jack) Shroder
  • Economic impacts of terrorist attacks and natural disasters: case studies of Los Angeles and Houston / Qisheng pan...[et al.]
  • From crime analysis to Homeland Security: a role for neighborhood profiling? / David I. Ashby, Spencer Chainey, Paul A Longley
  • Measuring and mapping conflict-related deaths and segregation: lessons from the Belfast 'Troubles' / Victor Mesev...[et al.]
  • Internal security for communities: a spatial analysis of the effectiveness of sex offender laws / Douglas F. Wunneburger, Miriam Olivares, Praveen Maghelal
  • Remote sensing-based damage assesment for Homeland Security / Anthony M. Filippi
  • Estimating flood damage in Texas using GIS; predictors, consequences, and policy implications / Samuel D. Brody, Sammy Zahran
  • Agent-based modeling and evacuation planning / F. Benjamin Zhan, Xuwei Chen
  • Building evacuation in emergencies: a review and interpretation of software for simulating pedastrian egress / Christian J. E. Castle, Paul A. Longley
  • High-resolution coastal elevation data: the key to planning for storm surge and sea level rise / Mark Monmonier
  • Remote sensing and GIS applications for precision area-wide pest management: implications for Homeland Security / Yanbo Huang...[et al.]
  • Spatial epidemiology: where have we come in 150 years? / Michael Ward
  • The role of geosurveillance and security in the politics of fears / Jeremy W. Crampton
  • Mapping the under-scutinized: the west German Census boycott movement of 1987 and the dangers of information-based security / Matthew Hannah
  • The importance of spatial thinking in an uncertain world / Robert S. Bednarz, Sarah W. Bednarz
  • GIS ad Homeland Security education: creating a better tommorrow in our classrooms today / David H. McIntyre, Andrew G. Klein
  • Geospatial technologies and Homeland Security; challenges and opportunites / Michael F. Goodchild.