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Elements of Geographical Information Systems

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The issues concerning air, water, soil and subsoil are parts of a unique system where human actions can generate complex situations that require efficient management. Powerful tools and services for proper planning, exploitation prevention and protection are needed. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and their dynamical real-time relatives, the Decision Support Systems (DSS), are aimed at this goal: they can process a huge amount of data describing the environment in an advanced mode both during ordinary and extraordinary situations. The combined use of such tools with the Expert Systems (ES) allows generating scenarios useful for decision makers in land management.

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Gomarasca, M.A. (2009). Elements of Geographical Information Systems. In: Basics of Geomatics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9014-1_9

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