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Earth, Space, and Environmental Science Explorations with ArcGIS Pro
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Physical Geology
Published 2015Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1 Introduction to Geology -- Chapter 2 Minerals -- Chapter 3 Intrusive Igneous Rocks -- Chapter 4 Volcanism -- Chapter 5 Weathering and Soil -- Chapter 6 Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks -- Chapter 7 Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks -- Chapter 8 Measuring Geological Time -- Chapter 9 Earth's Interior -- Chapter 10 Plate Tectonics -- Chapter 11 Earthquakes -- Chapter 12 Geological structures -- Chapter 13 Streams and Floods -- Chapter 14 Groundwater -- Chapter 15 Mass Wasting -- Chapter 16 Glaciation -- Chapter 17 Shorelines -- Chapter 18 Geology of the Oceans -- Chapter 19 Climate Change -- Chapter 20 Geological Resources -- Chapter 21 Geological History of Western Canada -- Chapter 22 The Origin of Earth and the Solar System…”
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People or Property Legal Contradictions, Climate Resettlement, and the View from Shifting Ground /
Published 2024Table of Contents: “…Part I: Conceptualizing Property and Its Contradictions: A Challenge for Climate Justice -- Chapter 1: Pulling at the Thread -- Chapter 2: Property Law and Its Contradictions -- Part II: Proof of Harm -- Chapter 3: Market Orientation as an Environmental Hazard for Resettling Communities -- Chapter 4: Flood Buyout Relocations and Community Action -- Chapter 5: Displacing a Right to Act Communally within Community Relocation -- Chapter 6: Precarious Possessors and "the Right to (rebuilding) the City" -- Chapter 7: Interrogating "Just Compensation" and Flexibility: Details on the Inadequacy (and Importance) of Voluntary Buyouts for Relocation in Alaska -- Part III: The Legal Framework -- Chapter 8: A Primer of Laws, Legal Concepts, and Tools that Structure Relocation -- Chapter 9: Discretion and the Roles People Play in Interpreting and Applying the Law -- Chapter 10: Concluding Thoughts.…”
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Earth Observation Science and Applications for Risk Reduction and Enhanced Resilience in Hindu Kush Himalaya Region A Decade of Experience from SERVIR /
Published 2021Table of Contents: “…Rapid flood mapping using multi-temporal SAR images: an example from the Bangladesh -- Chapter 14. …”
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Open Mapping towards Sustainable Development Goals Voices of YouthMappers on Community Engaged Scholarship /
Published 2023Table of Contents: “…Youth Engagement and Participation in Mitigating Perennial Flooding in Kampala, Ugandausing Open Geospatial Data -- Chapter19. …”
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Ecosystem Services for Well-Being in Deltas Integrated Assessment for Policy Analysis /
Published 2018Table of Contents: “…Present and Future Fluvial, Tidal and Storm Surge Flooding in Coastal Bangladesh; Anisul Haque, Susan Kay and Robert J Nicholls -- 17. …”
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Sustainability of Southern African Ecosystems under Global Change Science for Management and Policy Interventions /
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Adaptive Urban Transformation Urban Landscape Dynamics, Regional Design and Territorial Governance in the Pearl River Delta, China /
Published 2023Table of Contents: “…Part 1: Introduction -- Introduction: Adaptive urban transformation in the Pearl River Delta -- Multi-level regional governance and spatial development in the Pearl River Delta -- Spatial dynamics in the Pearl River Delta and development strategies -- Part II: Spatial strategy and design -- Territorial governance and spatial planning in Europe: The relevance for flood risk management in the Chinese Pearl River Delta -- A landscape-based regional design approach for sustainable urban development in the Pearl River Delta -- PRD design explorations: Experimenting with adaptive design principles through design -- Unrelenting change -- Part III: Stakeholder participation and visualization -- Stakeholder participation and visualisation in sustainable urban transformation -- Bridging the analogue-digital divide in stakeholder engagement -- Urban planning exhibition halls in the Pearl River Delta for planning communication and public participation -- Part IV: Socio-ecological perspectives -- Industrial transformation and sustainable urban planning in the Pearl River Delta: A landscape-based approach -- Historical canals as urban landscape infrastructure in Guangzhou: Reactivating public life through water -- From modelling and analysis of accessibility of urban green space to green infrastructure planning: Guangzhou as a case study -- Inclusive urban transformation: Embracing the values of urban villages in the PRD Region -- Wetland Parks in Guangzhou: Ecosystem services and perception -- Community supported agriculture in the Pearl River Delta.…”
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Loss and Damage from Climate Change Concepts, Methods and Policy Options /
Published 2019Table of Contents: “…Local-level Implementation of Loss and Damage: insights from the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance work in Peru & Nepal.…”
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Louisiana's Response to Extreme Weather A Coastal State's Adaptation Challenges and Successes /
Published 2020Table of Contents: “…Suburban/Mid State- The 2016 Unexpected Mid-State Louisiana Flood: With Special Focus on the Different Rescue and Recovery Responses It Engendered -- Chapter11. …”
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Renewing Local Planning to Face Climate Change in the Tropics
Published 2017Table of Contents: “…The case of the West Arsi Woreda in Ethiopia -- Visualize and communicate extreme weather risk to improve urban resilience -- Climate change adaptation and resilience in Mali -- Building resilience to drought in the Sahel by early risk identification and advices -- Risk analysis and evaluation to improve climate adaptation planning in Western Niger -- A simplified hydrological method for flood risk assessment at sub-basin level in Niger -- Socio-technical transitions and resilient infrastructure: analyzing changes in access to water following infrastructure upgrade in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Monitoring and evaluating advocacy and mainstreaming of climate change adaptation in Haiti -- Knowledge for transformational adaptation planning: comparing the potential of forecasting and back casting methods for assessing people vulnerability -- Possible impact of pelletized crop residues use as a fuel for cooking in Niger -- An effective Mainstreaming DRR and Resilience approach in La Paz (Mexico) and San Jose (Costa-Rica) -- Climate vulnerability reduction credits: measuring results of adaptation; potential applicability for sub-Saharan communities -- Review of pilot projects on index-based insurance in Africa: insights and lessons Learned -- A new perspective for integrating climate change in local development plans.…”
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Sustainable Living with Environmental Risks
Published 2014Table of Contents: “…Managing Environmental Risks and Promoting Sustainability: Science Advancement and Leadership Development -- Biodiversity Agriculture Supports Human Populations -- Conservation and Sustainable Management of Soil Biodiversity for Agricultural Productivity -- Conservation Tillage Assessment For Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emission In Rainfed Agro-Ecosystem -- Improving Biodiversity in Rice Paddy Fields to Promote Land Sustainability -- Agroforestry Models for Promoting Effective Risk Management and Building Sustainable Communities -- Managing Environmental Risks and Promoting Sustainability: Conservation of Forest Resources in Madagascar -- Community-Based Mangrove Forest Management in Thailand: Key Lesson Learned for Environmental Risk Management -- Necessity of Adaptive Risk Management for Fisheries and Wildlife -- Valuation of Non-Marketed Agricultural Ecosystem Services and Food Security in Southeast Asia -- Emerging Socio-Economic and Environmental Issues Affecting Food Security: A Case Study of Silang-Santa Rosa Subwatershed -- Strengthening the Capacity of Flood-Affected Rural Communities in Padang Terap, State of Kedah, Malaysia -- Mitigating Coastal Erosion in Fort Dauphin, Madagascar -- Risk Management of Chemical Pollution: Principles from the Japanese Experience -- Research on the Sod Between Chlorophyll-a and Organic Matter BOD, COD, Phosphorus and Total Nitrogen in Stagnant Lake Basins -- Managing Construction Development Risks to the Environment -- Ecosystem Restoration Using the Near-Natural Method in Shanghai -- Sustainable Management of Urban Green Environments: Challenges and Opportunities -- Environment and Social Capacity Assessment for Sustainability Promotion and Risk Management -- Rural Landscape Conservation in Japan: Lessons from the Satoyama Conservation Program in Kanagawa Prefecture -- Enhancing Students' Ecological Thinking to Improve Understanding of Environmental Risk -- Interactive Multimedia Education System (IMES) as a International Education Platform.…”
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