GIS for coastal zone management

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 10
Preface......Page 14
Contributors......Page 16
CHAPTER ONE: Coastal Spatial Data Infrastructure......Page 32
CHAPTER TWO: Bridging the Land-Sea Divide Through Digital Technologies......Page 48
CHAPTER THREE: A Comparative Study of Shoreline Mapping Techniques......Page 58
CHAPTER FOUR: Monitoring Coastal Environments Using Remote Sensing and GIS......Page 66
CHAPTER FIVE: Spatial Uncertainty in Marine and Coastal GIS......Page 82
CHAPTER SIX: New Directions for Coastal and Marine Monitoring: Web Mapping and Mobile Application Technologies......Page 94
CHAPTER SEVEN: Exploring the Optimum Spatial Resolution for Satellite Imagery: A Coastal Area Case Study......Page 108
CHAPTER EIGHT: Visualisation for Coastal Zone Management......Page 126
CHAPTER NINE: Application of a Decision Support System in the Development of a Hydrodynamic Model for a Coastal Area......Page 140
CHAPTER TEN: Decision-Making in the Coastal Zone Using Hydrodynamic Modelling with a GIS Interface......Page 156
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Towards an Institutional GIS for the Iroise Sea (France)......Page 172
CHAPTER TWELVE: Cultural Intermixing, the Diffusion of GIS and its Application to Coastal Management in Developing Countries......Page 184
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Use of GIS to Enhance Communications of Cultural and Natural Resources and Contamination......Page 196
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: GIS Applications In Coastal Management: A View from the Developing World......Page 212
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: High-Resolution Elevation and Image Data Within the Bay of Fundy Coastal Zone, Nova Scotia, Canada......Page 226
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Mapping and Analysing Historical Shoreline Changes Using GIS......Page 250
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: GIS for Assessing Land-Based Activities that Pollute Coastal Environments......Page 260
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Applying the Geospatial Technologies to Estuary Environments......Page 270
CHAPTER NINETEEN: A Territorial Information System (TIS) for the Management of the Seine Estuary – Environmental and Management Applications......Page 288
CHAPTER TWENTY: Developing an Environmental Oil Spill Sensitivity Atlas for the West Greenland Coastal Zone......Page 300
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: Environment Canada’s Atlantic Sensitivity Mapping Program......Page 312
Epilogue: Meeting the Needs of Integrated Coastal Zone Management......Page 326
Index......Page 332