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Geo-Spatial Technologies in Urban Environments

Policy, Practice, and Pixels

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Authors:
  1. Ryan R. Jensen

    1. Department of Geography, Geology and Anthropology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, USA

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  2. Jay D. Gatrell

    1. Department of Geography, Geology and Anthropology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, USA

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  3. Daniel D. McLean

    1. Department of Recreation and Sport Management, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, USA

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  • No existing books in urban geography specifically address the use of geo-spatial technologies to analyze such diverse urban issues
  • No single book would appeal to the range of potential audiences
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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Applying Geospatial Technologies in Urban Environments

    • Ryan R. Jensen, Jay D. Gatrell, Daniel D. McLean
    Pages 1-4

  3. Remote Sensing of Impervious Surfaces and Building Infrastructure

    • John R. Jensen, Michael E. Hodgson, Jason A. Tullis, George T. Raber
    Pages 5-21

  4. Policy Implications of Remote Sensing in Understanding Urban Environments: Developing a Wetlands Inventory for Community Decision-Making in Lucas County, Ohio

    • Patrick L. Lawrence, Kevin Czajowski, Nathan Torbick
    Pages 23-36

  5. Making Spatial Data Usable to the General Public: a Case Study in Tax Mapping

    • Daniel R. Morgan, Ryan R. Jensen, Daniel D. McLean
    Pages 37-46

  6. Modeling Human-Environment Interactions

    • Jay D. Gatrell
    Pages 47-54

  7. The Relationship Between Urban Leaf Area and Summertime Household Energy Usage

    • Ryan R. Jensen, James R. Boulton, Bruce T. Harper
    Pages 55-62

  8. The Urban Environment, Socioeconomic Conditions, and Quality of Life: An Alternative Framework for Understanding and Assessing Environmental Justice

    • Ryan R. Jensen, Jay D. Gatrell, James R. Boulton, Bruce T. Harper
    Pages 63-72

  9. Image Homogeneity and Urban Demographics: An Integrated Approach to Applied Geo-techniques

    • Ryan R. Jensen, Jay D. Gatrell
    Pages 73-79

  10. Local Government Perceptions of Urban Forestry

    • Daniel D. McLean, Ryan R. Jensen, Paul M. Hightower, Sister Alma Mary Anderson
    Pages 81-90

  11. Satellite Remote Sensing of Urban Heat Islands: Current Practice and Prospects

    • Qihao Weng, Robert C. Larson
    Pages 91-111

  12. Remote Sensing as a Program Assessment Device: The case of Urban Forestry and the Competition for Local Investment

    • Jay D. Gatrell, Ryan R. Jensen
    Pages 113-135

  13. Urban Sprawl Detection Using Satellite Imagery and Geographically Weighted Regression

    • Robert Hanham, J. Scott Spiker
    Pages 137-151

  14. Satellites, Census, and the Quality of Life

    • Valerie A. Muller, Frank Gossette
    Pages 153-170

  15. Urban Environmental Approaches: Policy, Application & Method

    • Jay D. Gatrell, Ryan R. Jensen, Daniel D. McLean
    Pages 171-174

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 175-176
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Using Geospatial Technologies in Urban Environments simultaneously fills two gaping vacuums in the scholarly literature on urban geography. The first is the clear and straightforward application of geospatial technologies to practical urban issues. By using remote sensing and statistical techniques (correlation-regression analysis, the expansion method, factor analysis, and analysis of variance), the - thors of these 12 chapters contribute significantly to our understanding of how geospatial methodologies enhance urban studies. For example, the GIS Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) has the largest m- bership of all the AAG specialty groups, followed by the Urban Geography S- cialty Group. Moreover, the Urban Geography Specialty Group has the largest number of cross-memberships with the GIS Specialty Group. This book advances this important geospatial and urban link. Second, the book fills a wide void in the urban-environment literature. Although the Annals of the Association of American Geographers has recently established an editorship devoted to human environmental issues (“Nature and Society”), re- tively few of the articles in this section of the journal have focused specifically on urban-environmental topics. Likewise, of the textbooks in urban geography p- lished over the past decade (Knox, 1994; Pacione, 2001; Kaplan, Wheeler, and Holloway, 2004), none has offered a single chapter on urban-environmental qu- tions, and only passing references to such topics as urban heat islands.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography, Geology and Anthropology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, USA

    Ryan R. Jensen, Jay D. Gatrell

  • Department of Recreation and Sport Management, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, USA

    Daniel D. McLean

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