GIS for Sustainable Development

Campagna, Michele

doi:10.1201/9781420037845.ch1

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“…For this step, a S-MCDA was adopted [61][62][63][64]. This method was adopted for its ability to integrate GIS features with the MCDA [65][66][67]. This enabled to draw a landscape complexity map of each considered component according to a layer representation [68].…”

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Social Vulnerability to Natural Hazards in Urban Systems. An Application in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

Girasole

Cannatella

2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:The concept of risk has become increasingly complex, and has been used not only in relation to the natural features of a region, but also to its socio-economic context. In this conceptualization, the latter directly influences the capacity of a community to cope with, recover from, and adapt to natural hazards. Conceiving vulnerability as a measure of a socio-ecological system's resilience, and at the same time, as a multidimensional variable that changes in space and time, makes the study of the different ways in which natural hazards impact on society all the more urgent. This is particularly true for developing countries, where risk related to natural hazards affects populations and areas that must deal with stress conditions, such as humanitarian, social and military emergencies. This article presents a methodology for the analysis of social vulnerability, defined and experimented in the context of the international cooperation project "Estudio de la amenaza sísmica y vulnerabilidad física del Gran Santo Domingo". The methodology, implemented through the employment of a Geographic Information System, led to the elaboration of a "Social Vulnerability Index" and a "Social Vulnerability Map". These seek to describe the current condition of vulnerability of the city of Santo Domingo de Guzmán (Distrito Nacional) in the Dominican Republic (DR), and are used to define context-related vulnerability scenarios, as well as to indicate the adequate set of mitigation objectives and actions. The results highlight the importance of using social vulnerability study as the point of departure for defining seismic-risk mitigation policies, emergency management, and territorial planning in order to reduce the impacts of disasters.

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Social Vulnerability to Natural Hazards in Urban Systems. An Application in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

Girasole

Cannatella

2017

Sustainability

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“…LA shares these topical interests, goals for science and practice, and methods. Indeed, the use of geographical information science and remote sensing to problem solve is shared as well with landscape architecture and environment-development (e.g., Campagna, 2005;Hanna, 1999). LA, however, attempts to treat the human subsystem more fully than have the eco-and bio-inspired approaches.…”

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Sustainability and forest transitions in the southern Yucatán: The land architecture approach

Turner

2010

Land Use Policy

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“…Sustainable development is described as complex range of objectives, activities, and humankind behaviours with respect to the environment that should be consistent with the aims of meeting the needs of the present and predicted future (Campagna 2006). This notion can be applied to both technological and social issues that deal with human activities that must not overload the capacity of the biosphere to absorb their impacts.…”

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Geographic Information E‐training Initiatives for National Spatial Data Infrastructures / Geografinės Informacijos E. Mokymo Iniciatyvos Nacionalinėms Erdvinių Duomenų Infrastruktūroms

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Govorov

Ningal

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Technological and Economic Development of Economy

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Abstract. National and regional geographic datasets with derivative spatial analysis techniques are often crucial for decision-making in sustainable development for both developing and developed countries. The needs in the spatial data and respective training are demonstrated in this article by the two very diverse examples of Papua New Guinea and the Republic of Lithuania national spatial data infrastructures. Handling and efficient use of geographic data requires rather specific skills. However, the existing curricula are inconsistent and hardly match even the basic needs of geographic information managers in state institutions and municipalities. The main objective of the proposed geographic information e-training system is to develop and provide the modularised Spatial Information Infrastructure courses intended for on-line based learning. This mainly will target employees of civil service and private business in Lithuania and the European Union. The proposed curriculum is a set of modular courses adding up to 1,5-year part-time studies in the field of Geographic Information Science and Geographic Information Infrastructure. Main advantage of on-line-based training is increasing accessibility in terms of both geographic location and time.

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GIS for Sustainable Development

Cited by 17 publications

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Social Vulnerability to Natural Hazards in Urban Systems. An Application in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

Social Vulnerability to Natural Hazards in Urban Systems. An Application in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

Sustainability and forest transitions in the southern Yucatán: The land architecture approach

Geographic Information E‐training Initiatives for National Spatial Data Infrastructures / Geografinės Informacijos E. Mokymo Iniciatyvos Nacionalinėms Erdvinių Duomenų Infrastruktūroms

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