GEOINFORMATICS FOR DECENTRALIZED PLANNING AND GOVERNANCE

by M.S. Nathawat and A.C. Pandey (Eds.)

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ISBN: 813160117X
Binding: Hardcover
Subject: Geography
BISAC Subject(s): Sociology
Publisher: Rawat
Publisher Imprint: Rawat Publication
Release Year: 2008
Pages: 464
Original Price:Rs. 1,295.00
Language: English

Geoinformatics has truly emerged as a state-of-the-art technology and decision tool in the areas of facility-utility mapping, resource planning, disaster management and

e-governance. Recent advances in the field of remote sensing, GIS and GPS have further enhanced the future potential of geoinformatics. This book is a collection of papers presented and discussed at the National Seminar on “Role of Geoinformatics in Decentralized Planning” at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi. The papers cover various important application areas in geoinformatics and recent trends in their studies. These include environmental issues, natural resource mapping, rural and urban planning etc. The book also highlights the work being carried out at various esteemed organizations in India like IIRS, NRSA, ISRO, RRSSC, State Remote Sensing Centres, NBSS&LUP, universities and NGOs etc. Academicians, scientists, research scholars and professionals, working in the fields of remote sensing, GIS and GPS, will find this book highly useful and interesting.

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