{"product_id":"resilient-communities-across-geographies-sheila-lakshmi-steinberg-9781589484818","title":"Resilient Communities Across Geographies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat makes a community resilient? How do we ensure its sustainable future?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResilience--the unique ability to positively adapt to changing physical and social environments--is essential for populations of all sizes and locales in today's world of unexpected changes and increasing instances of environmental change. Communities around the globe possess unique combinations of culture, skills, and abilities in context of unique built and natural environments. Identifying and mapping community strengths and resources facilitates effective planning for where and how to focus and manage their unique cultures and characteristics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eResilient Communities across Geographies\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of case studies examining the application of geographic information systems (GIS) to environmental and socioeconomic challenges for analysis, planning, and, ultimately, more resilient communities. Each chapter discusses a spatially driven approach to challenges in geography, social sciences, landscape architecture, urban planning, environmental studies, sociology, economics, migration, community development, meteorology, oceanography, and other fields.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamples explore both the natural and cultural contexts of climate adaptation in built environments and cultural impacts in a diversity of communities. These include the Martu people of Australia, First Nation youth in Canada, and cultural diversity of indigenous Los Angeles to California farmworkers facing exposure to agricultural chemicals in their communities. Each example applies powerful GIS tools and analysis to document, support, and assess resilience across these unique geographies while recognizing the value and strength which lies in the diversity of the people who live there.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe stories shared within \u003ci\u003eResilient Communities across Geographies\u003c\/i\u003e help readers develop an expanded sense of the power of spatial thinking, local knowledge, and engagement to address the difficult problems we collectively face in various locales.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEdited by the authors of \u003ci\u003eGIS Research Methods\u003c\/i\u003e with a foreword by Esri Chief Medical Officer Este Geraghty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sheila Lakshmi Steinberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1589484819\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781589484818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Esri Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 7.40w x 0.70d","brand":"Sheila Lakshmi Steinberg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993389400319,"sku":"9781589484818","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c4d6de8f-546c-4bbe-9bd4-037711c199e1.jpg?v=1683324079","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/resilient-communities-across-geographies-sheila-lakshmi-steinberg-9781589484818","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}