Dhaka Megacity: Geospatial Perspectives on Urbanisation, Environment and Health

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Dhaka Megacity: Geospatial Perspectives on Urbanisation, Environment and Health Editors: Robert Corner, Ashraf Dewan Format: Paperback / softback First Published: Published By: Springer
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Pages: 405 Illustrations and other contents: 56 Illustrations, color; 42 Illustrations, black and white; XXVII, 405 p. 98 illus., 56 illus. in color. Language: English ISBN: 9789402400496 Category:

The book Dhaka Megacity: Geospatial Perspectives on Urbanisation, Environment and Health presents the use of geospatial techniques to address a number of environmental issues, including land use change, climatic variability, urban sprawl, population density modelling, flooding, environmental health, water quality, energy resources, urban growth modelling, infectious diseases and the quality of life. Although the work is focused on the Megacity of Dhaka in Bangladesh, the techniques and methods that are used to research these issues can be utilized in any other areas where rapid population growth coupled with unplanned urbanization is leading to environmental degradation. The book is useful for people working in the area of Geospatial Science, Urban Geography, Environmental Management and International Development. Since the chapters in the book cover a range of environmental issues, this book describes useful tools for assisting informed decision making, particularly in developing countries.

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Author Biography

Ashraf M Dewan is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Spatial Sciences at Curtin University, Western Australia (on leave from his substantive position as Associate Professor in the Geography & Environment Department at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh). Robert J Corner has been a Senior Lecturer at Curtin University in Perth Western Australia since 2001, prior to which he worked for the CSIRO.  He has worked extensively on the use of geospatial tools in environmental and health geography.