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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
The great quantity of data coming from the contaminated region was and is very difficult to use without he aid of modern information technologies, especially Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS). Application of these technologies, and related expertise, became crucial to the region's economic recovery and sustainability planning. Given the real possibility of a similar accident at nuclear facilities elsewhere around the world, the development of recovery strategies based on experience gained at Chernobyl, using modern scientific methods and technologies, will be invaluable in the future. The presentations and discussion reported in the book have led to some key conclusions. Image maps derived from satellite imagery are the most economical, up to date and readily available basis for Chernobyl-related applications, as well as for other future applications. The study of soil-plant transfer of radionuclides afforded comparatively much more reliable data. GIS in association with adequate knowledge is a valuable tool in decision making and modelling of contaminated areas and objects.
Editors and Affiliations
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Faculty of Education, Department of Geography, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Jaromír Kolejka
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Role of GIS in Lifting the Cloud Off Chernobyl
Editors: Jaromír Kolejka
Series Title: NATO Science Series: IV:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0518-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2002
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0768-2Published: 31 August 2002
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0769-9Published: 31 August 2002
eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-0518-0Published: 11 March 2013
Series ISSN: 1568-1238
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 160
Topics: Geographical Information Systems/Cartography, Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection, Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry, Data Structures and Information Theory, Waste Management/Waste Technology