Titlebook: Geospatial Techniques in Urban Hazard and Disaster Analysis; Pamela S.‘Showalter,Yongmei Lu Book 2010 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

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A GIS for Flood Risk Management in Flanderspproach focuses on minimizing the consequences of flooding instead of attempting to prevent floods. To implement this approach, large amounts of data were gathered for the Flemish Region. Using a Geographic Information System (GIS), a risk-based methodology was created to quantitatively assess flood

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Using Geographic Information Science to Estimate Vulnerable Urban Populations for Flood Hazard and R Information Science (GISc) to assess and quantify risk and vulnerability: the Cadastral-based Expert Dasymetric System (CEDS) and the New York City Hazard Vulnerability Index (NYCHVI). CEDS uses an expert system and dasymetric mapping to disaggregate population and sub-population data to the proper

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A Respiratory Riskscape for Texas Cities: A Spatial Analysis of Air Pollution, Demographic Attributet relationships between specific pollutant sources/emissions and decedent’s demographic characteristics, and mortality rates where respiratory disease is a primary or contributing cause of death. Results show variations among urban areas, and a complex interaction between pollution data and mortalit

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Risk and Exposure to Extreme Heat in Microclimates of Phoenix, AZed experiences with heat-related illnesses were related to environmental conditions; the highest risk of exposure to extreme heat was among elderly, minority, and low-income residents; and land use/cover characteristics exhibited strong relationships with local threshold temperatures. Research contr

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Wildfire Risk Analysis at the Wildland Urban Interface in Travis County, Texasand housing density. Findings indicate that in Travis County, TX, the wildfire risk is highest in high-density WUI areas, pointing to an urgent need for special fire control and fire regulations in this development zone. Vacant lands, which are likely future development sites, could be used by land

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Early Warning of Food Security Crises in Urban Areas: The Case of Harare, Zimbabwe, 2007manitarian assistance a single number around which they could come to agreement. This use of satellite data typifies how remote sensing may be used in early warning systems to identify food security crises in Africa.

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A Cybercartographic Tool for Supporting Disaster Prevention Planning Processes and Emergency Managemd system vulnerabilities at different times during the disaster cycle and, in a procedural sense, to adapt their activities to the decision-making environment in which they find themselves operating. The tool’s main contribution lies in its capacity to support the decision maker’s information needs