Geospatial Technologies in Environmental Management

215 Pages·2010·6.103 MB·English

by  Mark W. Patterson, Nancy Hoalst-Pullen (auth.), Nancy Hoalst-Pullen, Mark W. Patterson (eds.)

Geospatial Technologies in Environmental
Management
Geotechnologies and the Environment
Volume 3
SeriesEditors:
JayD.Gatrell,SchoolofGraduateStudiesandDepartmentofGeography,
Geology,andAnthropology,IndianaStateUniversity,TerreHaute,IN,USA
RyanR.Jensen,DepartmentofGeography,BrighamYoungUniversity,Provo,
UT,USA
The“GeotechnologiesandtheEnvironment”seriesisintendedtoprovidespecialists
inthegeotechnologiesandacademicswhoutilizethesetechnologies,withanoppor-
tunity to share novel approaches, present interesting (sometimes counter-intuitive)
casestudies,andmostimportantlytosituateGIS,remotesensing,GPS,theinternet,
new technologies, and methodological advances in a real world context. In doing
so,thebooksintheserieswillbeinherentlyappliedandreflecttherichvarietyof
researchperformedbygeographersandalliedprofessionals.
Beyond the applied nature of many of the papers and individual contributions,
the series interrogates the dynamic relationship between nature and society. For
thisreason,manycontributorsfocusonhuman-environmentinteractions.Theseries
arenotlimitedtoaninterpretationoftheenvironmentasnatureperse.Rather,the
series“places”peopleandsocialforcesincontextandthusexplorethemanysocio-
spatialenvironmentshumansconstructforthemselvesastheysettlethelandscape.
Consequently, contributions will use geotechnologies to examine both urban and
rurallandscapes.
Forfurthervolumes:
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Nancy Hoalst-Pullen Mark W. Patterson
Editors
Geospatial Technologies in
Environmental Management
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Editors
Dr.NancyHoalst-Pullen Dr.MarkW.Patterson
Dept.Geography&Anthropology Dept.Geography&Anthropology
KennesawStateUniversity KennesawStateUniversity
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Foreword
Geotechnologies and the Environment: Environmental Applications and Manage-
ment presents an engaging and diverse array of physically-oriented GIScience
applications that have been organized using four broad themes. While the book’s
themesarebynomeansmutuallyexclusive,Hoalst-PullenandPattersonprovidean
elegantoverviewofthefieldthatframesthecollection’ssubsequentthematicstruc-
ture–WildernessandWildlifeResponse;Glaciers;WetlandsandWatersheds;and
HumanHealthandtheEnvironment.Overthecourseofthevolume,thecontribut-
ing authors move beyond basic (and in some respects clichéd) landscape ecology
oflandusechangetoexplorehuman-environmentdynamicsheretoforenotempha-
sizedintheappliedliterature.Indoingso,thecollectionpresentsacompellingcase
for the importance of developing new physically-oriented GIScience applications
that reside at the nexus of social and natural systems with the explicit intent of
informingpublicpolicyand/orthedecisionmakingpracticesofresourcemanagers.
Individually, the chapters themselves are intentionally diverse. The diversity of
the approaches, their spatial context, and emphases on management applications
demonstratethemanywaysinwhichgeotechnologiescanbeusedtoaddresssmall
andbigproblemsinbothdevelopedanddevelopingregions.Thecollection’sinter-
nalcoherence isderived –likethebook series–fromitsexplicitappeal toawide
variety of human-environment interactions with potential policy linkages. At its
most basic level, the chapters illustrate the importance of identifying, mapping,
assessing,andinventoryingnaturallandscapefeaturesusingGISandremotesens-
ingasacosteffectiveandaccessiblemeansofassessingrisk,andobservingchange
across space. Whether the reader is interested in utilizing spatial technologies to
assess wildlife response of natural disasters, or to address the human element in
environmentalhealth,theindividualchaptersequipresearcherswithmethodological
roadmapstodesignandimplementGIScienceapplications.
Beyondthescaleandscopeoftheprojects,theconstituentchaptersdemonstrate
thatinordertoadvanceGIScience,researchersneedtoconstructmulti-disciplinary
teams.Astheaffiliationsoftheauthorsdemonstrate,GIScienceresearchersneedto
leveragethedisciplinaryexpertiseofmanyfieldstoeffectivelyandefficientlyinves-
tigate complex human-environment interactions. In turn, these teams will need to
developanddeploynewinter-disciplinarymethodsinordertounpacktheemerging
problemsfacingresearchersatavarietyofscalesfromthelocaltotheglobal.
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While the book series is inherently applied, this collection moves beyond mere
applications and expands the methodological frame of spatial science and geog-
raphy. The chapters utilize innovative methods, often borrowed from other fields
that have the potential to broaden the conceptual and methodological landscape
of GIScience. For example, one chapter uses geographically weighted regression
(aneconometrictechniquemoreoftenassociatedwiththesocialsciences)toassess
waterquality.Anothercontributiondemonstratesthatsurveyresearchmethodscan
beusedtounlockthesocio-spatialdynamicsofbio-solidsacrossspace.Indoingso,
the chapters reinforce the importance of utilizingand integrating novel techniques
intoenhanceGIScience.Similarly,thepapersdemonstratetheinherentflexibilityof
spatialscienceandgeotechnologies.
Inconclusion,Hoalst-PullenandPattersonhavesuccessfullyrecruitedadiverse
collection of high-quality novel applications from across physical geography and
alliedfields.Thepapersandcollectionrepresentoneofthefirstattemptstoengage
abroaderaudiencethatintheprocessestablishestherelevanceofappliedphysical
research and geotechnologies to the broader community – as well as the work of
researchers situated well beyond the traditional boundaries of GIScience. Finally,
Hoalst-Pullen,Patterson,andthecontributorshaveproducedaworkthatisnotonly
consistent with the objectives of the series but one that will inevitably serve as a
templateforfuturevolumes.
DepartmentofEarth&EnvironmentalSystems, JayD.Gatrell,Ph.D.
IndianaStateUniversity,TerreHaute,IN,USA
Acknowledgements
AwelldeservedthankyoutoJayGatrellforgraciouslyintroducingustothisoppor-
tunity,andforhissincereenthusiasminourwork.ThankstoAngelaLandsforher
helpwiththelittledetails.Andtoourspouses,thankyouforyourconstantsupport
andunderstanding.
GIStechniques
inamanagementcontext
Natureisspatial
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Contents
1 GeotechnologiesinEnvironmentalManagement . . . . . . . . . . 1
MarkW.PattersonandNancyHoalst-Pullen
PartI WildernessandWildlifeResponse
2 Modeling Post-Eruption Habitat Changes for Deer
atMountSt.HelensusingRemoteSensingandGIS . . . . . . . . . 11
RonaldW.Davis,LouisC.Bender,PaulW.Mausel,
LeonardoChapa-Vargas,andRichardE.Warner
3 Pyrogeography:MappingandUnderstandingtheSpatial
PatternsofWildfire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
MichaelJ.Medler
4 AssistingNaturalResourceManagementinMammoth
CaveNationalParkUsingGeospatialTechnology . . . . . . . . . . 49
SonglinFei,MatthewCrawford,andJoeSchibig
PartII Glaciers
5 GeospatialTechniquestoAssessHighMountainHazards:
A Case Study on California Rock Glacier and an
ApplicationforManagementintheAndes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
JasonR.JankeandAntonioBellisario
6 GlacierInventory:ACaseinSemiaridChile. . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
JorgeMarínandJoséAraos
PartIII WetlandsandWatersheds
7 EmployingaGeographicInformationSystemforWetlands
ManagementinNebraska’sRainwaterBasin . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
JamesW.MerchantandPattiR.Dappen
8 TheEffectsofLandCoverChange:IncreasingWatershed
ImperviousnessinKentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
DemetrioP.ZourarakisandBrianD.Lee
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9 ExploringtheSpatiallyVaryingImpactofUrbanization
on Water Quality in Eastern Massachusetts Using
GeographicallyWeightedRegression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
JunTu
PartIV HumanHealthandtheEnvironment
10 ApplicationofGISinEvaluatingthePotentialImpacts
ofLandApplicationofBiosolidsonHumanHealth . . . . . . . . . 165
KevinP.Czajkowski,AprilAmes,BhuiyanAlam,SherylMilz,
RobertVincent,WendyMcNulty,TimothyW.Ault,
MichaelBisesi,BrianFink,SadikKhuder,TeresaBenko,
JamesCoss,DavidCzajkowski,SubramaniaSritharan,
KrishnakumarNedunuri,StanislovNikolov,JasonWitter,and
AlisonSpongberg
11 RemoteSensing,PublicHealth&DisasterMitigation. . . . . . . . 187
GilbertL.Rochon,JosephE.Quansah,SouleymaneFall,
BereketAraya,LarryL.Biehl,ThiernoThiam,SohaibGhani,
LovaRakotomalala,HildredS.Rochon,
AngelTorresValcarcel,BertinHilaireMbongo,JinhaJung,
DarionGrant,WonkookKim,AbdurRahmanM.Maud,and
ChetanMaringanti
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211