GIS for Coastal Zone Management - Chapter 18 docx

... et al., 1998). 18. 5.2 Habitat Management The Nature -GIS (http://www.gisig.it/nature -gis/ ) project began in 2002 to examine the different ways in which geographic data and information are currently ... and information for environmental applications by coastal managers and practitioners. Such developments have been responsible for providing the basis for access to data and...

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... sensing and GIS to coastal zone management and, in particular, the development of Internet-based coastal information systems and the use of mobile communications technology and GIS for field ... institutions for use of spatial information and GIS tools for planning and monitoring purposes. Therefore, coastal GIS practitioners need to address their next efforts tow...

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... integration at the coastal zone. In Proceedings of the GIS Research UK, 11 th Annual Conference 2003. Gomm, S., 2001, Integrated mapping of the marine and coastal zone. In Proceedings of the GIS Research ... by CRC Press LLC CHAPTER TWO Bridging the Land-Sea Divide Through Digital Technologies Simon Gomm 2.1 INTRODUCTION There are many different types of users of coastal...

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... imagery has two resolutions, 1-meter panchromatic and 4-meter multispectral. We first obtained 4-meter multispectral geo-referenced imagery for our project. The stereo 1-meter images were still ... (RFs). The shoreline extracted from aerial orthophotos was used for back-projecting to the simulated IKONOS raw backward- and forward-looking images. The resulting shorelines on IKONOS raw...

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... generated for each of the sediment environments. These resources and constraints summaries together with the GIS form the basis of a decision-support system for assisting the formation of policy for ... 4.4 The Large rock-fall of winter 200 0-0 1. The cliffs are comprised of Blue Lias rocks and are about 65 metres high. In the foreground is part of a wave-cut platform in the same...

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... informed decisions have to be made using real-time information there is a need for architecture that quickly disseminates information affecting coastal and marine resources. Accurate, up-to-date, ... The web therefore makes it easy to provide the most up to date spatial data (Fitzgerald, 2000). © 2005 by CRC Press LLC Computer Mapping and GIS for Coastal Zone Management: Coas...

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... case study for the North Norfolk coast. In Coastal Management: Putting Policy into Practice, edited by Fleming. (Thomas Telford), pp. 31 8-3 30. Bartlett, D., 1994, GIS and the coastal zone: Past, ... information technologies for coastal research and management - a review. Journal of Coastal Research, 12 (1), pp. 19 2-2 04. O'Riordan T. and Ward, R., 1997, B...

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... iterative process of validation and calibration. 10.3 GIS FOR COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer-based information system used to digitally represent and ... 1998). A GIS can be distinguished from database management systems or from visualisation packages through its specialised capability for spatial analysis. The use of GIS fo...

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... dynamic modelling and GIS applications for integrated coastal zone management. Journal of Coastal Conservation, 4, pp. 19 1-2 02. © 2005 by CRC Press LLC essential, both for decision-making by field ... integrated environmental coastal zone management system, for assessing coastal zone changes and functioning, should integrate remote sensing, modelling, GIS and...

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... APPLICATION OF GIS TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT One of the primary reasons for wishing to model coastal space in a GIS framework is so that the technology may be used for enhanced decision-making and ... LLC regard, drawing by way of example on the use of GIS for coastal zone management in the Indian sub-continent. 12.2 GIS DIFFUSION TO THE NON-“WESTERN” WORLD The...

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