The Geography of Hope (eBook)

Real-Life Stories of Optimists Mapping a Better World

David Yarnold (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
252 Seiten
ESRI Press (Verlag)
978-1-58948-742-0 (ISBN)

Infos

From Prague to Berkeley to Nairobi to Kyiv, The Geography of Hope tells the stories of optimists who map the world to a better future.The Geography of Hope introduces readers to people who are changing the world, using the most important technology youve probably never heard of. Nine topical stories include radical AI-driven changes in national intelligence, more transparent policing, a father-daughter duo fighting for fair elections, protecting democracy in Eastern Europe, removing deadly explosives across the world after conflicts, and how we can improve K-12 education. This book puts human faces to geographic information system (GIS) mapping and technology in a real-world way that hasnt been done before.Former National Audubon Society CEO and award-winning writer and photographer David Yarnold traveled the world to tell new stories: how GIS is helping to create conservation for and by Africans to meet the challenges of climate change and threats to wildlife; and how well-known businesses around the world are becoming more profitable through their use of GIS.Yarnold reveals the GIS all around us in a non-technical way with relatable stories of families, leadership, and collaboration.National Geographic-quality full-color photos and illustrations throughoutLaypersons explanation of GISNine compelling events-driven stories of diverse optimists and achievers who are making a difference

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.10.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
• Schlagworte: all we can save • All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilkinso • climate justice • Climate Justice: A Man-Made Problem With a Feminist Solution by Mary Robinson • David Yarnold • geographic information systems • Geography • Geospatial Intelligence • GIS • inclusive communities • national intelligence • nature conservation • Not the End of the World • Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet by Hannah Ritchie • Our Towns • Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America by James Fallows and Deborah Fallows • Silent Spring Revolution • Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakening by Douglas Brinkley, Stephen Graybill, et al. • the climate book • The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions by Greta Thunberg • unsettled • Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters by Steven E. Koonin • Upworthy - GOOD PEOPLE • Upworthy - GOOD PEOPLE: Stories From the Best of Humanity by Gabriel Reilich and Lucia Knell
• ISBN-10: 1-58948-742-7 / 1589487427
• ISBN-13: 978-1-58948-742-0 / 9781589487420