Allan Brimicombe

GIS, Environmental Modeling and Engineering

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Promoting the critical thinking needed for the effective applications of these systems and their analytical outputs, this book explores how to use GIS and external models to solve real environmental problems. The text defines GIS, identifies how data is structured, and explains common functionality. The author discuss modeling from a neutral sci

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 378
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 599g
• ISBN-13: 9780367577193
• ISBN-10: 0367577194
• Artikelnr.: 69891412

Autorenporträt

Professor Allan Brimicombe is Head of the Centre for Geo-Information Studies at the University of East London. Prior to this he was the founding Head of the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University which in turn was preceded by a successful international career in consulting engineering.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. From GIS to geocomputation. The rise of geo-information
science and engineering. Approaches to modelling. The role and nature of
environmental models. Case studies. Issues of coupling the technologies.
Data and information quality issues. Modelling issues. Decision-making
under uncertainty.