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Abstract
Using GIS for Global Food and Water Balance Process ModelingTrack: Humanitarian Affairs and International Development
Author(s): Jeffrey B. Miller
Food and water shortages continue to threaten populations at global scales. The inadequacy of regional transportation infrastructures to match food supply with food demand punctuate the problem. Earth Satellite Corporation worked with iSciences to develop a GIS that assesses food and water balances at regional scales. Iterative processes and flow models are applied to map food and water supply, demand, and balance to identify chronic problem areas globally. The pilot GIS includes ArcInfo scripted models, map databases, statistics, cartographic products, and ArcView projects for all of Africa. GIS tools were also developed for complex interactive buffer zone analysis in ArcView.
Jeffrey B. Miller
Earth Satellite Corporation
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Rockville, MD 20852
USA
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E-mail: jmiller@earthsat.com