Mitsova / Esnard Geospatial Applications for Climate Adaptation Planning

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-11393-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 358 Seiten

Climate adaptation is a timely yet complex topic that does not fit squarely into any one disciplinary realm, and approaches to climate related issues cannot be discussed out of context.

Geospatial Applications for Climate Adaptation Planning presents an overview of the range of strategies, tools, and techniques that must be used to assess myriad overlapping vulnerabilities and to formulate appropriate climate-relevant solutions at multiple scales and in varying contexts. Organized into four sections, the book includes an Introduction and 15 chapters. Each chapter is grounded in the literature and presents case studies designed by the authors, as well as many examples from a diverse international group of scholars and entities in the public and private sectors. Areas covered include:

- Climate Change and Climate Adaptation: Context and Concepts

- Geospatial Technologies: Fundamentals and Terminology

- Vulnerability and Risk Assessments

- Technical Approaches to Formulating Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies

Geospatial Applications for Climate Adaptation Planning is aimed at advanced students, researchers, and entities in the public and private sectors. It also will provide supplementary reading for courses in planning, public administration, policy studies, and disaster management.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mitsova, Diana

Esnard, Ann-Margaret

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

Part 1. Climate Change and Climate Adaptation Planning: Context and Concepts

2. Climate Change: Historical Context and Global Initiatives

3. Climate Modeling and Datasets

4. Sea Level Rise: A Global Concern

Part 2. Geospatial Technologies: Fundamentals and Terminology

5. Natural Hazards: Visualization And Basic Mapping

6. Spatial Analysis and GIS Modeling

7. Climate Hazard Assessment and Adaptation Indicators

Part 3. GIS and Climate Vulnerability Assessments

8. GIS Applications in Flood Hazards Modeling

9. Mapping and Assessing the Impacts of SLR On Coastal Regions

10. Vulnerability of Critical Infrastructure to Climate Impacts

11. Assessing the Impact of Rising Temperatures and Urban Heat Islands on People and Places
12. Climate Hazards and Impact on Public Health

Part 4. Technical Approaches to Formulating Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies

13. Modeling and Simulation of Critical Infrastructure Interdependencies to Improve Climate Resilience of Urban Systems

14. Understanding the Spatial Relationships Between Patterns of Development, Energy Use, And CO2 Emissions

15. Urban Growth Modeling And Decision Support Systems: Applications in Climate Adaptation Planning

16. Internet-Based GIS Applications to Facilitate the Adaptation of The Built Environment to Climate Change

Über Autor(innen)

Diana Mitsova is Associate Professor in the School of Urban and Regional Planning and Director of the Visual Planning Technology Lab at Florida Atlantic University. Her research focuses on the use of geographic information systems in disaster planning, critical infrastructure protection, coastal resilience, and climate adaptation of urban systems. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, USGS, the National Park Service, The Nature Conservancy, and the Florida Sea Grant. She holds a Master’s from the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University – Purdue University, Indianapolis and a Ph.D. in Regional Development Planning from the University of Cincinnati. She is also a recipient of a NATO Democratic Institutions Research Fellowship.

Ann-Margaret Esnard joined Georgia State University (GSU) in 2013 as Professor of Public Management and Policy in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. Her expertise encompasses urban planning, disaster planning, and hazard and vulnerability assessment. Esnard has been involved in a number of research initiatives, including NSF funded projects on the topics of population displacement from catastrophic disasters, school recovery after disasters, long-term recovery, and community resilience. She holds degrees in Agricultural Engineering (B.Sc., University of the West Indies-Trinidad), Agronomy and Soils (M.S., University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez) and Regional Planning (Ph.D., UMASS-Amherst). She also completed a two year post-doc at UNC-Chapel Hill.