Security First: Geospatial Workflows for a Safe and Equitable World shows how GIS can be used to address some of the most difficult issues people face.
Leaders in the public sector, in commercial enterprise, at NGOs, and at policy think tanks use GIS analysis to bring clarity to a myriad of complex global challenges. From the need for green infrastructure to the cultural impact of war, human security and geospatial intelligence (HSGI) threats require a strategic and comprehensive approach--and this book shows how to use GIS to respond.
Security First walks readers through specific geospatial workflows and examples to show how GIS can be used to address serious issues. Each chapter is organized with learning objectives, technical requirements, prerequisite knowledge, a geospatial workflow, an analysis, and additional resources. Users also interpret their results and write an intelligence brief. By the end of the book, readers will know how to use data to solve some of the largest problems facing the world today.
In 20 geospatial workflows, Security First covers topics such as:
- human rights violations,
- vulnerability to flooding,
- concerns around illegal fishing,
- quantifying and mapping land use and cover change,
- monitoring environmental justice, and
- emergency response and disaster management.
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. All detailed exercises use ArcGIS software and downloadable data.
Written for practitioners working in geospatial intelligence and for students and teachers in geospatial intelligence academic programs, this book will help guide strategic decision-making and get readers on their way in incorporating GIS into their work for improved analysis and results.
