The Geography of Hope

Auteur

David Yarnold led a GIS-fueled turnaround at the National Audubon Society, helped Environmental Defense Fund teach China how to do carbon trading, and was executive editor at the San Jose Mercury News. He's a Pulitzer Prize-winning editor, a Pulitzer finalist for editorial writing, and an award-winning photojournalist and designer.

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From Prague to Berkeley to Nairobi to Kyiv, The Geography of Hope tells the stories of optimists who map the world to a better place.

These are the real-life stories of people who turn where into better health care, fairer law enforcement, inclusive communities, more nature, greater profits, and smarter national intelligence. All use the most important technology that most people have never heard of: GIS (geospatial intelligence) to improve lives and change the world.

About the author:

David Yarnold led a GIS-fueled turnaround at the National Audubon Society, helped Environmental Defense Fund teach China how to do carbon trading, and was executive editor at the San Jose Mercury News. He's a Pulitzer Prize-winning editor, a Pulitzer finalist for editorial writing, and an award-winning photojournalist and designer.

Résumé
From Prague to Berkeley to Nairobi to Kyiv, The Geography of Hope tells the stories of optimists who map the world and make it a better place.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

1. THE LIFE WATER OF PRAGUE

How data helps build the future of an iconic city and democracy

2. FAIR LINES MAKE FAIR LIVES

How community mapping creates common ground

3. MAPPING AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE

US' secret mappers see everything, everywhere all at once

4. I WORK FOR AFRICA

How conservation for and by Africans became a continent's mantra

5. RISKY BUSINESS

The GIS revolution in the insurance industry tells hard truths

6. ARRESTING EBOLA

How a GIS-focused leader followed the clues, turning maps into lifesaving tools

7. FROM WARRIORS TO GUARDIANS

Building accountable policing through transparency

8. FROM DEADLY DEBRIS TO RENEWAL AND REBIRTH

When minefields become homes again thank the women

9. WHERE'S THE WHERE IN K-12 EDUCATION?

The UK shows what its like to teach students about the GIS all around them