GIS for coastal zone management

"A comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date overview of state-of-the-art coastal zone GIS applications, this practical book places the science in a management context. The chapters present groundbreaking coastal applications of GIS-based decision support tools, spatial data infrastructures, remote sensing technology including LiDAR and CASI, and more. Covering a broad range of topics, the organization of this volume supplies a flow and structure that make the information easily accessible and immediately applicable."--BOOK JACKET.