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Showing 1 to 20 of 108 for “"Geographical Information Systems"”.
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Effectiveness measures for geographical information systems (GIS)
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) often do not meet the expectations of users and management, raising questions and doubts as to their overall success and effectiveness. To date the majority of GIS research has focused on technical issues, and management research has approached GIS …
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Environmental management in Antarctica using geographical information systems
… emphasising the potential application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Rules for environmental management in Antarctica have been agreed within the Antarctic Treaty system (ATS) and in the 1991 Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty. However, barriers exist …
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Rural town geographical information systems : issues in integration
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1991.
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Modelling health care utilization: an applied Geographical Information Systems approach
This research has emanated from the geographical concerns raised by organisational change in the British National Health Service (NHS), namely the ongoing debate relating to health and health care inequalities. This thesis develops a flexible, portable and predictive model of health care …
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Geographical information systems and remote sensing in mapping and monitoring fire-altered forest
… the impact of forest fires on sensitive ecosystems such as the Mediterranean forest. It was done in order to examine forest vulnerability to global change and the extent to which changes in traditional land use patterns in Mediterranean Europe impact upon this vulnerability. These changes …
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The Oosterland GIS : applying aspects of geographical information systems to maritime archaeological project
The ancestors of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) were first developed in the early 1960's as a computer mapping mechanism but with the development of the Canada Geographical Information System the base was set for a powerful spatial analytical tool that could be used in a wide range of …
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Application of Geographical Information Systems to Lahar Hazard Assessment on an Active Volcanic System
… field measurements. In addition, geographic information systems are tools that offer a great potential to explore, model and map hazards, but are currently under-utilised for lahar hazard assessment. This research pioneered a three-tiered approach to lahar hazard assessment on Montserrat, …
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The use and development of geographical information systems (GIS) and spatial modelling for educational planning
… of the market. These tools concentrate on geographical information systems (GIS) and spatial modelling techniques. Although both of these sets of techniques have for many years been applied in other areas, including within local Government, they have yet to permeate to a decision-making …
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Investigation of Crashes Involving Vulnerable Roadway Users Utilizing Geographical Information Systems-Driven Spatio-Temporal Statistical Techniques
… of the study, we introduce a Geographic Information System (GIS)-based methodology to analyze the spatial crash patterns associated with each crash type in terms of focused vulnerability. This is followed by a more detailed examination of selected counties of Florida using both planar …
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The integration of Geographical Information Systems with multicriteria decision making techniques to improve poverty eradication planning
… eradication intervention. With the evolution of systems and processes in the Science and Technology industry over the past two decades, the integration of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and MCDM techniques has achieved encouraging results within different planning domains (Lidouh, 2012: …
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The use of Geographical Information Systems for Disaster Risk Reduction strategies: a case study of Volcán de Colima, Mexico
Historically, volcanic research has been focussed primarily upon the geological hazard of eruptions while the exposure of the population at risk is often understudied. However, contemporary disaster risk management requires the analysis of vulnerability and hazard exposure, which is imperative at …
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Using Geographical Information Systems to Investigate Spatial Patterns in Fossils of Tapirus polkenis from the Gray Fossil Site, Washington County, Tennessee
<p>Discovered in 2000, the Gray Fossil Site provides a snapshot of the flora and fauna that lived during late Miocene to early Pliocene time in eastern Tennessee. These fossils occur in sediments consisting of fine-grained clays and sands of lacustrine origin, which were deposited after multiple …
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A Field Survey and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Based Investigation of the Archaeological Landscape in the Niger River Valley, Republic of Benin
… and the use of satellite remote sensing and Geographical Information Systems (GIS). An integration of these methods, which are commonly used in research out of Africa, showed the diverse nature of archaeology in this region. The field walking survey revealed the position of over 300 sites and …
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Molecular docking and geographical information systems as tools to assess the potential impact of veterinary medicines on non-target organisms and the environment
… Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) provided information on the use of five sea lice treatments from 2008-2011 on Scottish salmon farms. This information was combined with the recently available data on sediment MECs for the years 2009-2012 provided by SEPA using ArcGIS 10.1. In depth analysis …
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The effects of fluoride levels in potable water: case studies in the Northern Cape and Mitchell's Plain
… in the prevalence of dental caries. By using geographical information systems, oral health data can be linked to the fluoride levels and further analysis could be done to identify areas at risk of dental caries as well as show patterns in the distribution of dental caries. The aim of this …
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Automated Discovery, Binding, and Integration Of GIS Web Services
… as eCommerce, digital libraries, data feeds, and geographical information systems, common portals or registries of Web Services require manual publishing for indexing. Manually compiled registries of Web Services have proven useful but often fail to include a considerable amount of Web Services …
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Distribution and abundance of Cape hakes (Merluccius capensis and Merluccius paradoxus) in relation to environmental variation in the Southern Benguela system
Standard Geographical Information Systems (GIS) techniques and Generalized Additive Models (GAM), nonparametric regressions without the assumptions of normality or linearity of traditional regression methods, were used to test the hypothesis that trends in hake (M. paradoxus and M. capensis) …
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Determining the Suitability of Functional Landscapes and Wildlife Corridors Utilizing Conservation GIS Methods in Denton County, Texas.
… fundamental principles of Conservation Planning, Geographical Information Systems, and Habitat Evaluation Procedures for identifying remnant functional landscapes and wildlife corridors. The final results suggest that Denton County's rural landscape retains the functional properties and elements …
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Exploiting weaknesses: an approach to counter cartel strategy
… the thesis utilized social network analysis and geographical information systems to gain an understanding of its organizational networks, deduce possible safe havens, and key terrain of Los Zetas. Ultimately, the employment of the aforementioned theories revealed essential vulnerabilities, which …
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