IGI Global Methods and Applications of Geospatial Technology in Sustainable Urbanism

While megacities are a reality, so too are the environmental disturbances that they cause, including air and water pollution. These disturbances can be modeled with technology and data obtained by modern methods, such as by drone, to monitor cities in near real-time as well as help to simulate risk situations and propose future solutions. These solutions can be inspired by the theoretical principles of sustainable urbanism.Methods and Applications of Geospatial Technology in Sustainable Urbanism is a collection of innovative research that combines theory and practice on analyzing urban environments and applying sustainability principles to them. Highlighting a wide range of topics including geographic information systems, internet mapping technologies, and green urbanism, this book is ideally designed for urban planners, public administration officials, landscape analysts, geographers, engineers, entrepreneurs, academicians, researchers, and students. About the Author José António Tenedório is a Geographer, Associate Professor at Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (UNL), and Visiting Professor at Polytechnic University of Catalonia (2005-2013), Barcelona, Spain. Graduated in Geography and Regional Planning (1984) at UNL-FCSH. He attended University of Paris VI-Pierre et Marie Curie, Faculty of Sciences, where he post-graduate (DESS/M.Sc. in 1991) in Remote Sensing and the University of Paris XII, Urbanism Institute, to obtained Ph.D. (1998) in Urbanism. Her main scientific area of research is Urban Remote Sensing, GIS, spatial analysis, and geographical modeling. He has published more than one hundred papers (book chapters, papers in periodic with scientific refereeing, papers in conference proceedings with scientific refereeing). In 2013 he received the (first prize) SANTANDER Award for the Internationalization of the FCSH Scientific Production 2013.