Now Available - Security First: Geospatial Workflows for a Safe and Equitable World
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Security First: Geospatial Workflows for a Safe and Equitable World guides readers through exercises and examples of how GIS can be used to address significant world issues while building the technical skills to work in the field of human security and geospatial intelligence.
Through 20 geospatial workflows, Security First covers a breadth of topics found in geospatial security, such as:
- human rights violations
- vulnerability to flooding
- concerns around illegal fishing
- quantifying and mapping land use and land cover change
- monitoring environmental justice
- emergency response and disaster management
Each chapter is organized with learning objectives, technical requirements, prerequisite knowledge, a geospatial workflow, an analysis, and additional resources. All detailed exercises use downloadable data, helping to develop the technical skills of readers. Users will also interpret their results and write an intelligence brief, requiring them to think critically about the result of their work. In helping to guide strategic decision-making, this book will get readers on their way to incorporating GIS into their work.