Geospatial Techniques in Urban Hazard and Disaster Analysis

Pamela S. Showalter and Yongmei Lu

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i-xvi
Front matter
1-124
1 / Sea Level Rise and Flood Analysis
1-124
Front matter
1-7
Introduction
11-30
Modeling Sea-Level Rise and Surge in Low-Lying Urban Areas Using Spatial Data, Geographic Information Systems, and Animation Methods
31-49
Urban Expansion and Sea-Level Rise Related Flood Vulnerability for Mumbai (Bombay), India Using Remotely Sensed Data
51-69
A GIS for Flood Risk Management in Flanders
71-97
Using Geographic Information Science to Estimate Vulnerable Urban Populations for Flood Hazard and Risk Assessment in New York City
99-124
Geo-Information Technology for Infrastructural Flood Risk Analysis in Unplanned Settlements: A Case Study of Informal Settlement Flood Risk in the Nyabugogo Flood Plain, Kigali City, Rwanda
127-241
2 / Metropolitan Case Studies
127-241
Front matter
127-155
A Respiratory Riskscape for Texas Cities: A Spatial Analysis of Air Pollution, Demographic Attributes and Deaths from 2000 Through 2004
157-177
Spatial Distribution of Toxic Release Inventory Sites in Chicago Area: Is There Environmental Inequity?
179-202
Risk and Exposure to Extreme Heat in Microclimates of Phoenix, AZ
203-227
Wildfire Risk Analysis at the Wildland Urban Interface in Travis County, Texas
229-241
Early Warning of Food Security Crises in Urban Areas: The Case of Harare, Zimbabwe, 2007
245-323
3 / Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and International Applications
245-323
Front matter
245-254
Spatial Information Technologies for Disaster Management in China
255-271
A Cybercartographic Tool for Supporting Disaster Prevention Planning Processes and Emergency Management in Mexico City
273-294
Integration of Tsunami Analysis Tools into a GIS Workspace – Research, Modeling, and Hazard Mitigation efforts Within NOAA’s Center for Tsunami Research
295-323
Utilizing New Technologies in Managing Hazards and Disasters
327-392
4 / Hurricane Response/Recovery
327-392
Front matter
327-354
Remote Sensing and GIS Data/Information in the Emergency Response/Recovery Phase
355-372
Investigating Recovery Patterns in Post Disaster Urban Settings: Utilizing Geospatial Technology to Understand Post-Hurricane Katrina Recovery in New Orleans, Louisiana
373-392
Space and Time Changes in Neighborhood Recovery After a Disaster Using a Spatial Video Acquisition System
395-445
5 / Evacuation Studies
395-445
Front matter
395-413
Pre-evacuation Trip Behavior
415-429
Micro-Level Emergency Response: 3D Geometric Network and an Agent-Based Model
431-445
A Planning Support System for Terror-Resistant Urban Communities
447-452
Back matter

About This Book

Title

Geospatial Techniques in Urban Hazard and Disaster Analysis

Editors

Pamela S. Showalter(1)
Yongmei Lu(2)

Editor Affiliations

Department of Geography, Texas State University, San Marcos, 78666-4616 TX, USA
Department of Geography, Texas State University, San Marcos, 78666-4616 TX, USA

Collection

Earth and Environmental Science

Subjects

Copyright Year

2010

DOI

10.1007/978-90-481-2238-7

ISBN

978-90-481-2237-0 (Print) 978-90-481-2238-7 (Online)

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Publisher

Springer Netherlands

SpringerLink Date

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

About This Book Series

Title: Geotechnologies and the Environment
Coverage: Volume 1 / 2009 - Volume 5 / 2011
Collection: Not Assigned
Subjects: None Assigned
SpringerLink Date: Tuesday, February 03, 2009

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