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GIS tutorial for humanitarian assistance / Firoz Verjee.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, 2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: xv, 360 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm. + 2 DVD-ROMs (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:
  • 9781589482135
  • 1589482131
Other title:
  • Humanitarian Assistance
Subject(s):
Contents:
Humanitarian GIS: using basic tools and concepts -- Mapping thematic data -- Developing spatial data management skills -- Generating spatial data during emergencies -- Using data models to create your own geodatabase -- Managing hazardous operations -- Planning logistics using Network Analyst -- Selecting sites with multiple spatial criteria -- Improving the design and operation of refugee camps.
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Standard Loan Thurles Library Main Collection 923.6 VER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 30026000063163

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Developed for members of the humanitarian relief community, GIS Tutorial for Humanitarian Assistance moves you from the role of casual observer to involved investigator as you learn to apply analysis skills in GIS to real-world problems around the globe. Following the standard tutorial format, exercises in this book demonstrate the GIS knowledge you need to effectively manage the provision of humanitarian assistance before, during, and after a disaster. A fully functioning 180-day trial version of ArcEditor 9.3.1 software on DVD and a CD of data for working through the exercises are included.

Includes webliography (p. [347]-349).

Humanitarian GIS: using basic tools and concepts -- Mapping thematic data -- Developing spatial data management skills -- Generating spatial data during emergencies -- Using data models to create your own geodatabase -- Managing hazardous operations -- Planning logistics using Network Analyst -- Selecting sites with multiple spatial criteria -- Improving the design and operation of refugee camps.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Firoz Verjee is senior research associate at the Institute for Crisis, Disaster & Risk Management at the George Washington University. For more than 16 years he has specialized in the application of remote sensing and GIS, primarily within the fields of disaster risk reduction and humanitarian assistance. Verjee has provided expert services to the U.S. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, the World Bank Group, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance.

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