.png){kind=logo}
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
GIS for Emergency Preparedness and Health Risk Reduction
. Ed(S): Briggs, David J.; Forer, Pip (Department Of Geography, University Of Auckland, New Zealand); Jarup, Lars (Department Of Epidemiology And Pub
€ 198.22
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for GIS for Emergency Preparedness and Health Risk Reduction
Paperback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, held in Budapest, Hungary, 22-25 April 2001 Editor(s): Briggs, David J.; Forer, Pip (Department of Geography, University of Auckland, New Zealand); Jarup, Lars (Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine); Stern, Richard. Series: NATO Science Series IV. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBN; RGW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 483.
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) have developed rapidly in recent years and now provide powerful tools for the capture, manipulation, integration, interrogation, modelling, analysis and visualisation of data - tools that are already used for policy support in a wide range of areas at almost all geographic and administrative levels. This holds especially for emergency preparedness and health risk reduction, which are all essentially spatial problems. To date, however, many initiatives have remained disconnected and uncoordinated, leading to less powerful, less compatible and less widely implemented systems than might otherwise have been the case.
The important matters discussed here include ... Read more
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) have developed rapidly in recent years and now provide powerful tools for the capture, manipulation, integration, interrogation, modelling, analysis and visualisation of data - tools that are already used for policy support in a wide range of areas at almost all geographic and administrative levels. This holds especially for emergency preparedness and health risk reduction, which are all essentially spatial problems. To date, however, many initiatives have remained disconnected and uncoordinated, leading to less powerful, less compatible and less widely implemented systems than might otherwise have been the case.
The important matters discussed here include ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
Series
NATO Science Series IV
Number of Pages
326
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402007996
SKU
V9781402007996
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
Reviews for GIS for Emergency Preparedness and Health Risk Reduction