Computers in Earth and Environmental Sciences

Computers in Earth and Environmental Sciences: Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technologies in Hazards and Risk Management addresses the need for a comprehensive book focusing on multi-hazard assessment, natural and man-made hazards, and risk management specifically using new methods and technologies that employ GIS, artificial intelligence, spatial modelling, machine learning tools, and meta-heuristic techniques. The book is clearly organized into four parts: natural hazards, environmental hazards, advanced tools and technologies in risk management, and future challenges in computer applications to hazards and risk management. There are many tools such as remote sensing, machine learning, and multi-criteria decision-making that can be used to support hazard management but more importantly, combinations of techniques can increase understanding of complex problems in geosciences and lead to new theories, explanations, and potential management of hazards. Artificial and computational intelligence are good tools for solving these problems, but the key point is that these should be developed as a supportive tool in tandem with GIS, remote sensing, aerial robotics, and computer software. There is now a growing realization in the Earth Science community, especially in natural and man-made environmental hazards, that require advanced computational strategies. These strategies not only add accuracy and new dimensions to existing assessment methods, but also provide a medium for the development of new innovative theories and techniques. Researchers and professionals in Earth and Environmental Science who require the latest technologies and advances in hazards, remote sensing, geosciences, spatial modelling, and machine learning will find Computers in Earth and Environmental Sciences to be an invaluable source of information on the latest tools and technologies available. Covers advanced tools and technologies in risk management of hazards in both Earth and Environmental SciencesDetails the benefits and applications of various technologies to assist researchers in choosing the most appropriate techniques for purposeExpansively covers specific future challenges in the use of computers in Earth and Environmental ScienceIncludes case studies detailing the applications of the discussed technologies to individual hazards