GIS for Homeland Security (eBook)

Mike Kataoka (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2015
150 Seiten
ESRI Press (Verlag)
978-1-58948-290-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Government agencies and the private-sector responsible for homeland security must share information to do their jobs effectively. GIS (geographic information systems) helps them accomplish this, whether it’s assessing the risks of a terrorist attack or bracing for a natural disaster. This book tells how programs, mostly regional in nature, have successfully applied GIS to a variety of homeland security challenges.

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GIS for Homeland Security provides general overviews on how GIS is used for gathering and analyzing intelligence; protecting critical infrastructure; responding to complex emergencies; preparing for disease outbreaks and bioterrorism; securing complex events; and simulating disasters. Each chapter spotlights the visionaries who have applied spatial technology in the field to develop model solutions to real threats. A final chapter looks ahead at the growing role of GIS in homeland security. GIS for Homeland Security is a resource for experienced GIS users and decision makers, as well as for those new to spatial technology.

Inhalt

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 Gathering and analyzing intelligence
Case study 1: Emergency Management Mapping Application (EMMA)
Case study 2: South Carolina Information Exchange (SCIEx)
Case study 3: Arizona Counter Terrorism Information Center (ACTIC)
Chapter 2 Protecting critical infrastructure
Case study 1: TriValley GIS
Case study 2: Kentucky’s Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (KY CSEPP)
Case study 3: PureActiv video surveillance
Chapter 3 Responding to complex emergencies
Case study 1: Hurricane Katrina
Case study 2: Graniteville, South Carolina, train wreck
Case study 3: California wildfires
GIS Profiles Steven Robinson: Los Angeles City Fire Department helitac
Bill Hilling: Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program
Ron Langhelm: Federal disaster response
Marie Lynn Miranda: Duke University Children’s Environmental Health Initiative
Chapter 4 Preparing for disease outbreaks and bioterrorism
Case study 1: Kansas cattle tracking
Case study 2: Pennsylvania’s West Nile virus surveillance
Case study 3: New York City’s syndromic disease surveillance
Chapter 5 Securing complex events
Case study 1: Salt Lake City Winter Olympics
Case study 2: 2004 Democratic National Convention
Case study 3: Super Bowl XLI
Chapter 6 Looking ahead
Acronyms and abbreviations
Glossary of homeland security terms

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.5.2016
• Reihe/Serie: GIS for
• Reihe/Serie: GIS for
• Verlagsort: Redlands
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: ESRI • *GIS • Government • Homeland Security • national security • security
• ISBN-10: 1-58948-290-5 / 1589482905
• ISBN-13: 978-1-58948-290-6 / 9781589482906