GIS : Environmental Modeling; Part 1

Abstract

This is part 1 of the GIS video series on Environmental Modeling. Topics discussed are : Utilizing GIS and Multivariate Analytical Procedures to Analyse and classify the nations Estuaries. It discusses the results of CONSOIL, a project designed to examine ways that GIS can be used effectively in helping local field offices implement the requirements of the 1985 Food Security Act. The second topic ; Land use Policy Analysis with GIS discusses combining existing land use maps and a digital version of general area plans with census-based population growth, and topographic possitions, parcelization and urbanisation trends to produce a growth scenario map.