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Anniversary Post: Geospatial Students’ Projects on Sustainability Practices

By on May 29, 2012 in Biodiversity and Environmental Sustainability, Green House Gas (GHG), Infrastructure Asset Management, Natural Disaster, Remote Sensing/Geospatial

Anniversary Post: Geospatial Students’ Projects on Sustainability Practices, Infrastructure Asset Management, and Disasters Impacts.

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Katrina changed everything: New software predicts how flood water will spread

By on May 8, 2012 in Flooding/Hurricane/Tornado, Natural Disaster, Remote Sensing/Geospatial

All over the country, millions of Americans still live behind dams or levees, and if these were to fail and unleash catastrophic flooding, as some did in New Orleans in 2005, property and life might once again pay the price. Now there is some remarkabl…

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Volcanoes sound-off on the life-cycles of eruptions

By on May 8, 2012 in Natural Disaster, Remote Sensing/Geospatial

Volcanoes emit a broad spectrum of sonic energy. In the case of basaltic eruptions, most of that acoustical energy in the infrasound range. A new study reveals that this low-frequency sound can give scientists an enhanced understanding of the behavior …

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Thailand’s Post-Flood Seminar: Lessons Learned from 2011 Great Flood Disaster and Future Directions for Flood Prevention

By on December 29, 2011 in Lifeline Infrastructure Protection, Natural Disaster, Recovery and Restoration, Remote Sensing/Geospatial

Thailand’s Post-Flood Seminar: Lessons Learned from the 2011 Great Flood Disaster and Future Directions for Flood Prevention and Mitigation. This is third report on my post-flood visit to Bangkok, Thailand.

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CASE STUDY: NAS/USAID Geospatial Assessment Study for Floods in Pakistan Threatening Agricultural Communities and Biodiversity

By on November 12, 2011 in Biodiversity and Environmental Sustainability, Flooding/Hurricane/Tornado, Natural Disaster, Remote Sensing/Geospatial

Geospatial Assessment of Flood Disaster Impacts and Mitigation Planning – Superfloods in Pakistan Threatening Agricultural Communities and Biodiversity: This geospatial study was conducted as a continuation of the Geographical Information System (GIS) applications that Dr. Uddin has been developing for the Pakistan transportation project which was funded on the US-side by the National Academy of [...]

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USAID Transportation Management Project – Tsunami Simulation for Karachi Port Area, Pakistan Using Geospatial Analysis

By on November 6, 2011 in Earthquake/Tsunami, Natural Disaster, Remote Sensing/Geospatial

Tsunami Simulation for Karachi Port Area and Disaster Impact Assessment Using Geospatial Analysis and GIS Mapping, Pakistan-USAID Transportation Management Project. This coastal disaster simulation study was conducted as a part of the transportation management project for the megacity of Karachi, Pakistan which was funded on the US-side by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS)/ United [...]

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NAS/USAID Project – Satellite Imagery Based Mapping of Road Network, Traffic Demand, and GHG Emissions: Guest Post 15

By on August 18, 2011 in Remote Sensing/Geospatial

Satellite Imagery Based Mapping of Road Network, Traffic Volume Demand, and Traffic Related GHG Emission Inventory: Graduate research by Katherine Osborne (B.S. 2008, M.S. 2009) and Jessica Headrick (B.S. 2008, M.S. 2010), The University of Mississippi

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