Using GRID for Regional Population, Agriculture, and Natural Hazards Modeling

Author: Jeffrey B. Miller
Organization: Earth Satellite Corporation

6011 Executive Blvd.
Rockville, MD 20852-3804
USA

Phone: (301) 231-0660
Fax: (301)231-5020
jmiller@earthsat.com

Population increase and migration into areas under threat of natural hazards is a global concern. Earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, cyclonic storms, and floods endanger increasing populations and their sustaining agriculture.

Earth Satellite Corporation worked with iSciences to develop a GIS that synthesizes the relationship of regional population increase, the value of sustaining agriculture, and the natural hazards (earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, and cyclonic storms) that threaten them. The GIS includes ArcInfo-scripted models, map databases, statistics, cartographic products, and ArcView GIS projects for the Tigris-Euphrates (including Iraq, Syria, and Turkey), Indonesia, Nigeria, and South Asia (including India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh) regions.