{"title":"Drought Estimation-and-Projection Using Standardized Supply-Demand-Water Index and Artificial Neural Networks for Upper Tana River Basin in Kenya","authors":"R. Wambua","doi":"10.4018/IJAGR.2019100102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJAGR.2019100102","url":null,"abstract":"Drought occurrence, frequency and severity in the Upper Tana River basin (UTaRB) have critically affected water resource systems. To minimize the undesirable effects of drought, there is a need to quantify and project the drought trend. In this research, the drought was estimated and projected using Standardized Supply-Demand-Water Index (SSDI) and an Artificial Neural Network (ANN). Field meteorological data was used in which interpolated was conducted using kriging interpolation technique within ArcGIS environment. The results indicate those moderate, severe and extreme droughts at varying magnitudes as detected by the SSDI during 1972-2010 at different meteorological stations, with SSDI values equal or less than -2.0. In a spatial domain, the areas in south-eastern parts of the UTaRB exhibit the highest drought severity. Time-series forecasts and projection show that the best networks for SSDI exhibit respective ANNs architecture. The projected extreme droughts (values less than -2.00) and abundant water availability (SSDI values ≥ 2.00) were estimated using Recursive Multi-Step Neural Networks (RMSNN). The findings can be integrated into planning the drought-mitigation-adaptation and early-warning systems in the UTaRB.","PeriodicalId":43062,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4018/IJAGR.2019100102","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42997328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Batsaris, Dimitris Kavroudakis, N. Soulakellis, Themistoklis Kontos
{"title":"Location-Allocation Modeling for Emergency Evacuation Planning in a Smart City Context","authors":"M. Batsaris, Dimitris Kavroudakis, N. Soulakellis, Themistoklis Kontos","doi":"10.4018/IJAGR.2019100103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJAGR.2019100103","url":null,"abstract":"The transition of a city to a smart city depends on the preservation of open spaces because they can ensure both a safe and a quality living. In a smart city context, it is important for planners to pre-allocate resources during planning phase in order to satisfy the demand during catastrophic events. Geo-computation approaches can contribute towards the spatial-optimization of urban open-spaces for evacuation purposes in cases of catastrophic events. This work will use a location allocation spatial model to facilitate the planing of urban evacuation actions in Mytilini, Lesvos, Greece. Spatial analysis techniques have evolved during the last decades, mainly due to increased computation resources and other complementary technological advances. In this article, the authors attempt to show the contribution of spatial analysis in emergency management planning towards the smart city vision.","PeriodicalId":43062,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4018/IJAGR.2019100103","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47935301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mapping Activities in Recreational Trail With Spatial Video","authors":"Xin Hong, Jay Lee","doi":"10.4018/IJAGR.2019100101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJAGR.2019100101","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding the usage patterns of a trail in a university environment is crucial for assessing the functionality of the trail and evaluating its impact to health in college students. This article presents a novel approach to map the usage patterns of a university trail by employing spatial video in a geographic information system (GIS) environment. Physical activities in the southeast part of the main campus of Kent State University (Kent, Ohio), were filmed by a GPS-enabled camera unit. The observed physical activities at the time of filming were coded from the videos and visualized as maps. The study finds that activities tend to concentrate near the center of campus, the farther from the campus, the fewer number of activities. The usage patterns are different between men and women. The activity zones of men are more dispersed, while those of women are more concentrated near campus center.","PeriodicalId":43062,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43973361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Kalaitzis, Dimitris Kavroudakis, N. Soulakellis
{"title":"The Use of Spatial Analysis Approaches for Smart Decision Making of Subterranean Water","authors":"P. Kalaitzis, Dimitris Kavroudakis, N. Soulakellis","doi":"10.4018/IJAGR.2019100104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJAGR.2019100104","url":null,"abstract":"Water is one of life's and nature's most dominant elements, with its presence influencing and controlling the climatic, geological, and biological conditions of an area. Continuous monitoring of subterranean water with the aim of its optimal management has become necessary nowadays. The aspiration of this research is, that the development of “smart” methods for this purpose, will lead to the optimization of the quality of life of the inhabitants of a region, always respecting the environment. The use of geoinformatics methods can contribute to the development of models according to which a network for the logging and control of boreholes and subterranean water will be created, which in turn will lead to smart and direct decision-making concerning their management. In this research, an effort is made to show the contribution of spatial analysis to the design and management of the subterranean water of an area, with the vision of a smart city being the ultimate goal.","PeriodicalId":43062,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41897316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Vaitis, Dimitris Kavroudakis, Nikoletta Koukourouvli, Dimitrios Simos, Georgios Sarigiannis
{"title":"An Integrated Information System for Road Traffic Accidents","authors":"M. Vaitis, Dimitris Kavroudakis, Nikoletta Koukourouvli, Dimitrios Simos, Georgios Sarigiannis","doi":"10.4018/IJAGR.2019070102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJAGR.2019070102","url":null,"abstract":"Road traffic accidents come at a high price: 1.25 million road traffic deaths occurred globally in 2013. As the road network and the environmental conditions contribute significantly in the cause of accidents, it is crucial to understand where and when they occur, in order to plan actions for road safety improvement. For this reason, the Region of the North Aegean, Greece, in collaboration with the University of the Aegean, has established a spatial database and a web-based geographic information system (webGIS) for the registration, storage, visualization and analysis of the traffic accidents occurred in its jurisdiction. In this article, besides the development and operation of the system, the authors present a spatio-temporal analysis of the data collected since 2004 for the island of Lesvos. Hot spots and risky periods were identified, leading to useful conclusions and directions for road safety improvements.","PeriodicalId":43062,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4018/IJAGR.2019070102","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43310072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing the Environmental Characteristics of the Margaret River Wine Region, Australia","authors":"M. Lacorde","doi":"10.4018/IJAGR.2019070101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJAGR.2019070101","url":null,"abstract":"Six sub-regions of the Margaret River Geographical Indication were proposed in 1999 in an attempt to characterize local variations in grape-growing conditions. Detailed environmental data has since been produced and this article aims at reassessing the proposed sub-regions by means of a GIS-based spatial analysis of the new datasets. Topography, climate, and a variety of soil parameters were reviewed, and a relevant set submitted to an unsupervised isocluster classification to determine the natural clustering of environmental parameters. The analysis shows that the initial sub-regions do not consistently respect climate patterns and soil type distribution. It is proposed to distinguish twelve natural units by considering temperature and rainfall gradients as well as the presence of the Dunsborough Fault system which appears to have a significant control on soil distribution. This study also shows that average growing season temperatures have gained +0.2°C across the peninsula from 1961–2000 to 2001–2015.","PeriodicalId":43062,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4018/IJAGR.2019070101","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44323574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Konstandinos Panitsidis, Z. Andreopoulou, R. Misso
{"title":"GeoHAB, a Data Sharing, Spatial Web 2.0 Application for Habitat Types and Land Cover","authors":"Konstandinos Panitsidis, Z. Andreopoulou, R. Misso","doi":"10.4018/IJAGR.2019070103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJAGR.2019070103","url":null,"abstract":"This article, which is based on the science of informatics and environmental technologies, deals with the implementation of informatics in environmental science and practice. It focuses on web-based GIS spatial data sharing application system design and its development, which records and represents specific environmental information with emphasis on habitats and land cover. The system development was made by using JavaScript, PHP as programming languages and Google Maps API. The application provides centralized environmental information with habitats and land cover. It addresses ordinary users and scientists, that not only have the willing to expand their knowledge in the field but also they have the privilege to explore the research area over the map. The users can render the overlay information of spatial habitat and land cover data layers, execute zooming, panning, and information querying functions. Its aim is to offer, to any interested citizen, scientist or organization, direct and reliable environmental information.","PeriodicalId":43062,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4018/IJAGR.2019070103","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46660461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"GIS and the A'i of Colombia","authors":"StocksAnthony, ReyesManuela Ruiz, Rios-FrancoCarlos Andrés","doi":"10.4018/978-1-7998-0423-9.ch036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0423-9.ch036","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the work of the WCS with the A'i Indigenous people in Colombia as part of a USAID-funded project between 2009 and 2011. The project had several dimensions that make it unusual. ...","PeriodicalId":43062,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70442107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}