GIS, environmental modeling and engineering /
- 出版日期：c2010.
- 出版者：CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group,
- 页数：xv, 361 p. :
- 出版地：Boca Raton, Flu. :
- 第一责任说明：Allan Brimicombe.
- 尺寸：25 cm.
- 分类号：a819.1 ; a875
- ISBN：978-1-4398-0870-2(hbk.) :
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02h0022571 20120418160710.0 120314s2010 fluab frb |001|||eng | 978-1-4398-0870-2(hbk.) : CNY873.90 NGL 628.0285 22 a819.1 ; a875 Brimicombe, Allan. GIS, environmental modeling and engineering / Allan Brimicombe. 2nd ed. Boca Raton, Flu. : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, c2010. xv, 361 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-340) and index. From GIS to geocomputation -- GIScience and the rise of geo-information engineering -- Approaches to modelling -- The role and nature of environmental models -- Case studies in GIS, environmental modelling and engineering -- Issues of coupling the technologies -- Data and information quality issues -- Modelling issues -- Decision-making under uncertainty. Spatial dimensions need to be properly captured if modeling and engineering techniques are to be successfully applied in addressing environmental problems. The links between the geographical information systems (GIS) that capture this data, simulation modeling, and engineering offer tremendous possibilities for building versatile support systems for managing the environment. GIS, Environmental Modeling and Engineering focuses on using GIS and external models to solve real environmental problems, promoting the critical thinking needed for the effective applications of these systems and their analytical outputs. Divided into three major sections, this textbook first concentrates on defining GIS, identifying how data is structured, and explaining common functionality. The text examines GIS from a technological perspective, exploring the evolution of its scientific basis and its synergies with other technologies within a geocomputational paradigm. The next section explores modeling from a neutral scientific perspective in its role of simulating phenomena, as well as from a more specific perspective in its role within environmental science and engineering. The third and largest section looks at how GIS and simulation modeling are joined. It provides case studies and covers issues such as interoperability, data quality, model validity, space-time dynamics, and decision-support systems. This volume provides seniors and postgraduate students with a structured, coherent text that goes beyond introductory subject matter by enabling readers to think critically about the data acquisition process and the results they get from the technology. Geographic information systems. ; Environmental sciences ; Environmental engineering Mathematical models. ; Mathematical models. aCN bNGL NGL 819.1 B77/2 wtxi1201 h1 ; rCNY873.90