Case Studies

Air & Atmosphere

• Addressing Ambient Air Pollution in Jakarta, Indonesia
  ArcNews, Fall 2007
• Mapping Ozone Conditions Across Europe in Real Time ArcNews, Fall 2007

Biodiversity & Resource Management

• California Lake Threatened by Pike ArcUser, January–March 2008
• People-Nature: The Natural Network ArcNews, Fall 2007
• People-Nature: The Human Network ArcNews, Summer 2007
• Mineral Licks: Evaluating Their Role in Disease Transmission ArcNews, Summer 2007
• Getting Along on the Range ArcUser, January–March 2007
• KARSTERO: A Model for Predicting Soil Erosion Hazard ArcUser, January–March 2007
• Supporting Island Land Conservation ArcNews, Winter 2006/2007
• Nature, the Human Network, and the Role of GIS ArcNews, Winter 2006/2007
• Al Gore Discusses Environmental Sustainability ArcNews, Winter 2006/2007
• Minimizing Avian Mortality in Siting Wind Turbines ArcNews, Winter 2006/2007
• Conservation GeoPortal to Support Worldwide Data Sharing and Discovery ArcNews, Summer 2006
• Conserving the Land of Napa County, California ArcNews, Summer 2006
• The Role of Tribal GIS in the Protection and Promotion of the Canyons ArcNews, Summer 2006
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Yellowstone River Conservation District Council [PDF]
• Where Are All the Ducks?
  ArcUser, April–June 2006
• Idaho Power Company Tracks Mule Deer Populations with GIS
  ArcNews, Spring, 2006
• Turning the Tide for Troubled Albatross
  ArcNews, Spring, 2006
• Cambridge, Massachusetts, Community Trees Are Managed with GIS
  ArcNews, Winter, 2005/2006
• Ecology and Environment, Inc.—Sustainable development through responsible environmental stewardship [PDF]
• Bridging the African Divide with GIS
  ArcNews, Fall, 2005
• Caribbean Basin Ecological Assessment Uses GIS to Model Connectivity
  ArcNews, Fall, 2005
• In Puerto Rico, University Infrastructure, Sustainable Natural Resources Are Managed with GIS ArcNews, Summer, 2005
• USGS's The National Map Helps Calculate the Value of Natural Systems
  ArcNews, Summer, 2005
• National Geographic and NPS Increase Access to Park Data
  ArcNews, Winter, 2004/2005
• g.net Architecture Used for National Bird Map Service Registry
  ArcNews, Summer, 2004
• GIS for the New West
  ArcUser, October, 2005
• Working Together Protecting the Environment
  ArcUser, November, 2004
• Restoring America's Everglades With GIS
  ArcUser, July, 2004

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Climate Change

• Earth Observation and GIS Industries Take Action Against Climate Change
  ArcNews, Fall 2007
• Ongoing Planet Action Projects
  ArcNews, Fall 2007

Education & Research

• Nobel Peace Prize Winner and Noted Environmentalist to Give Keynote
  ArcUser, April–June 2007
• Virtually Visiting a Remote Park
  ArcUser, Jan.–March 2007
• Students and Farmers Become Citizen Scientists
  ArcUser, Jan.–March 2007
• Traditional Knowledge Meets New Tools
  ArcNews, Summer, 2006
• Jane Goodall Tells Her Story at ESRI's 25th User Conference
  ArcNews, Fall, 2005
• GIS in Chimpanzee Research and Conservation at JGI
  ArcNews, Fall, 2005

Environmental Law & Regulatory Compliance

• Environmental Compliance and Permit Tracking
• St. Johns River Management District [PDF]

Impact Assessment

• Mapping the Ayles Ice Shelf Break ArcNews, Spring 2007
• Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Communications Supported by GIS ArcNews, Winter 2006/2007
• Zoning Methodology for Protecting Viewshed
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences [PDF]
  Web portal provided information about environmental contaminants during hurricanes.
• Prehistoric Sites on the Island of St. Kitts Studied Using GIS
  Spring, 2006
• In New York State, the Olana Historic Site Viewshed Analysis Uses GIS
  Spring, 2006
• Frederick County Resources—Power Plant Proposal
  [PDF]
• Mount St. Helens Recovery

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Hazard and Risk Assessment

• Developing a Watershed Inventory for Vulnerability Assessment Using ArcGIS
  January–March 2006
• The Province of Québec, Canada, Manages Stream Crossings and Forest Roads with GIS
  Spring, 2006
• In Maryland, Abandoned Coal Mine Stabilization Is Made Economical with GIS
  Spring, 2006
• The Nature Conservancy Uses Mobile GIS Technology in Fight Against Invasive Species
  Fall, 2005
• Mapping an Underground Threat to National Parks With ArcPad
  November, 2004

Oceanology

• CASI Data Provides Better Picture of Coral Reef Threats
  April–June 2006
• Safeguarding Coastal Wetlands Through Exotic Species Control
  November, 2004
• Study Yields Robust Carrying Capacity Model
  July, 2004

Pollution Management & Site Remediation

• Regulating Illegal Piggery Waste Runoff
  ArcNews, Fall 2007
• Dye Study on the Mississippi River: The City of Rock Island Models a Combined Sewer Overflow/Outfall Mixing Zone with GIS
  ArcNews, Fall 2007
• Saving the Kissimmee River of Central Florida With GIS
  Winter, 2004/2005
• Determining the Fate of the Buffalo River Sediment Plume With GIS
  Summer, 2004
• Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom, Identifies and Remediates Potentially Contaminated Land With GIS
  Summer, 2004
• Prioritizing Acid Mine Drainage Stream Remediation
  November, 2004
• Restoring America's Everglades With GIS
  July, 2004
• Dust Mapping in Arizona Uses GIS and Satellite Imagery
  Winter, 2004/2005
• GIS Identifies Pollution Sources, Also Aids Watershed Remediation
  July, 2005

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Waste Management

• MDEP Deploys Distributed GIS Application
• Not in My Backyard

ESRI Press Case Studies Series

• A System for Survival
  Edited by Allan Falconer and Joyce Forseman
  ESRI Press, 2002, 122 pages
• Marine Geography: GIS for the Oceans and Seas
  By Joe Breman
  ESRI Press, 2002

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