Regional Sediment Management A Gis Approach To Spatial Data Analysis

Download or read book Regional Sediment Management: A GIS Approach to Spatial Data Analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regional sediment management (RSM) requires the capability for stakeholders in management decisions to explore the broad spatial and temporal impacts of potential management actions. In the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers coastal RSM Demonstration Program several tools have emerged as necessary components for effective planning in regional sediment management. A geographic information system with specialized applications was developed to provide baseline information for regions including hiding hydrographic and topographic data, shoreline position, aerial and oblique photography, dredging records, nautical charts, and other data regarding regional utilities, infrastructure, and land use. Customized GIS applications were developed to retrieve pertinent hydrologic information, to extract dredging information from district databases via reporting tools, and to create bathymetric profiles and volume changes. The GIS also incorporated existing technology in regards to numerical models.