The last few decades have seen increasing attempts to foster 'collaborative'and
'participatory'approaches to spatial planning and decision-making, with a more sophisticated …

This paper critically reviews and analyses participatory GIS (PGIS) and participatory
mapping applications within participatory spatial planning for community‐based natural …

Planning for parks that are accessible and equitable in their placement is important to any
local public park system. Geospatial technologies like ArcView®, a geographic information …

Equitable access to green spaces is essential in cities, especially those with complex socio-
economic challenges. This study considers how socio-economic characteristics influence …

This chapter seeks to improve upon current disaster research in the discipline of geography
by expanding the geographic study of hazards beyond the event and into the recovery …

This paper examines problems of assessment and decision-making that result from poor or
inadequate communication of indicators among the disciplines of public health, the physical …

Dentro del ámbito ambiental, el cambio climático y la pérdida de biodiversidad son los
resultados más sorprendentes derivados de las acciones humanas (2009; Lambin, et al …

Continued population growth and development in vulnerable locations across the world are
creating a new geography of hazards and disasters. Increasing storm frequencies coupled …

If the first decade of the twenty-first century has demonstrated anything, it is that natural
disasters and hazards are increasing in number as well as intensity. Given the increasing …

In this study geospatial information technologies are utilized in the field of flood hazards and
disaster research to develop a spatial recovery index (SRI) to assess the level of recovery …