Security First

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Darren Martin Ruddell - Diana Ter-Ghazaryan

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With the world facing immense challenges, how do we create a safer and more equitable world? 

Geospatial intelligence offers valuable insights to help organizations and governments protect communities. By using technology to obtain location-based data, these groups can make spatially informed decisions about how best to help people who are most at risk. Learning the technical skills needed to use GIS (geographic information system) to visualize and interpret this data has never been more essential for working to find resolutions for the numerous challenges humanity faces today.  

Security First: Geospatial Workflows for a Safe and Equitable World guides readers through 20 specific geospatial workflows and examples to show how GIS can be used to address significant world issues. Whether using spatial data to address food security, human rights violations, environmental justice, or other challenges, Security First is the book you need to work in the human security and geospatial intelligence field. Readers with no prior GIS experience or with an intermediate technical understanding can gain the required technical skills to work in this field through detailed exercises using ArcGIS software and downloadable data.

This is the first crowdsourced workbook in the growing field of human security and geospatial intelligence. Contributors and editors include human security and geospatial intelligence professors, students, and professionals.

Written for practitioners working in geospatial intelligence and for students and teachers in geospatial intelligence academic programs, Security First helps guide strategic decision-making and get readers on their way incorporating GIS into their work for improved analysis and results. 

Get the technical and critical-thinking skills you need to work in the growing field of human security and geospatial intelligence. 

Darren Ruddell is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Southern California’s Spatial Sciences Institute in Los Angeles, California. His teaching and research efforts use geospatial technologies to investigate and advance issues of human security and geospatial intelligence. 

Diana Ter-Ghazaryan is an Associate Professor of Spatial Sciences at the University of Southern California’s Spatial Sciences Institute in Los Angeles, California. In her research and teaching experience, she has applied geospatial analysis to diverse pursuits, including international relations and human security. 

Résumé
Security First: Geospatial Workflows for a Safe and Equitable World shows readers how to use geospatial tools and data to analyze complex issues.

Contenu

Quantifying and Mapping Land Use and Land Cover Change for HSGI by Amelie Y. Davis and Madeline A. Williams Introduction to Environmental Justice Monitoring: The Case of Air Pollution by Bita Minaravesh Workflow to Detect Ship Encounters at Sea with GIS Support by Ana Catarina Nunes and Marco Painho Geospatial Intelligence in Disaster Management: Lessons from Hurricane Dorian by Eric Allen Jr. Creating Facility Outline Graphics and Gridded Reference Graphics in ArcGIS Pro for Intelligence by Jacob Spear Estimating the Vulnerable Population under Flood Risk in Florida and its Changes between 2001 and 2019 by Jinwen Xu and Levente Juhász Evaluating Shoreline Property Ownership under the Threat of Future Sea Level Rise by Jinwen Xu and Levente Juhász Predictive Military Geography of Poland by Logan Bolan and Nate Kozlowski Cultural Impacts of the Russian War in Ukraine by Madeline Rouse Aggression or Defense? Assessing Russian Intentions in the Arctic by Michael R. Pfonner and Darren Ruddell Introduction to Fire Intelligence - Wildfire by T. Monicque Lee Monitoring Human Rights Violations Using Satellite Remote Sensing by Rebecca Bosworth and Yi Qi Mapping Flooded Urban Areas from the Nova Kakhovka, Ukraine Dam Destruction by Ruben Santiago and Sofia Henriques Using Geospatial Information Dashboards to Manage Green Infrastructure by Sarbeswar Praharaj Accelerating Electric Vehicle Uptake: Locating Charging Stations in an Urban Context by Scott Kelley Applying the U.S. National Grid for Emergency Response by Justice Batiste, Joseph Canas, and Tristan Pekron Status and Optimization Strategies of Urban Greening Based on Remote Sensing Imagery and Deep Learning by Yifan Yang Fishing Activities and Marine Protected Areas in the South Pacific by Diana Ter-Ghazaryan and Bruce Vitor 3D HSGI Applications and the Importance of Projections by Jennifer Swift TBD - there are two outstanding submissions and one will fill this final spot