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989048
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b743418
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Geospatial Technologies and Homeland Security Symposium(2006 :, Texas A M University)
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| Title & Author
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Geospatial technologies and homeland security : : research frontiers and future challenges /\ Daniel Z. Sui, editor.
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| Publication Statement
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[Dordrecht, Netherlands?] :: Springer,, ©2008.
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| Series Statement
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The GeoJournal library ;; v. 94
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1 online resource (xxviii, 356 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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1402083394
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: 1402085079
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: 9781402083396
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: 9781402085079
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| Notes
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"Edited volume based upon the papers presented during the 'Geospatial Technologies and Homeland Security Symposium' on Nov. 15, 2006"--Page 4 of cover.
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"Symposium ... took place at Texas A & M University on Nov. 16, 2006"--Page 2.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Geospatial Technologies and Homeland Security: An Overview; Remote Sensing and GIS as Counterterrorism Tools for Homeland Security: The case of Afghanistan; Economic Impacts of Terrorist Attacks and Natural Disasters: Case Studies of Los Angeles and Houston; From Crime Analysis to Homeland Security: A Role for Neighborhood Profiling?; Measuring and Mapping Conflict-Related Deaths and Segregation: Lessons from the Belfast 'Troubles'; Internal Security for Communities: A Spatial Analysis of the Effectiveness of Sex Offender Laws; Remote Sensing-Based Damage Assessment for Homeland Security.
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| Abstract
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This edited volume, based upon the papers presented during the "Geospatial Technologies and Homeland Security Symposium" on Nov. 15, 2006, presents an overview of the latest development of geospatial technologies (including, but not limited to, GIS, RS, GPS, LBS, spatial analysis and modelling etc.) and their applications in piecing together the complex puzzles facing the challenges of the homeland security research and education. A wide variety of topics, ranging from conceptual and methodological to technical and social/legal issues, are covered by contributions from leading academ.
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Civil defense-- Data processing, Congresses.
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Civil defense-- Technological innovations, Congresses.
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Emergency management-- Data processing, Congresses.
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Emergency management-- Technological innovations, Congresses.
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Geospatial data, Congresses.
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Information storage and retrieval systems-- Civil defense, Congresses.
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Information storage and retrieval systems-- Emergency management, Congresses.
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Social control-- Technological innovations, Congresses.
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Civil defense-- Data processing.
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Emergency management-- Data processing.
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Environnement.
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Geospatial data.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom Security-- Law Enforcement.
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Sciences de la terre.
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Civil defense-- Data processing.
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Civil defense-- Technological innovations.
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Emergency management-- Data processing.
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Emergency management-- Technological innovations.
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Geospatial data.
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Information storage and retrieval systems-- Civil defense.
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Information storage and retrieval systems-- Emergency management.
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Social control-- Technological innovations.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.350285
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| LC Classification
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UA926.G46 2008
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| NLM classification
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E115-532clc
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| Added Entry
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Sui, Daniel Z., (Daniel Zhi),1965-
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