Spatial Thinking in Environmental Contexts

This book aims to cultivate the spatial thinking "habit of mind" which is the geographic view on how the world works, including how environmental systems and relationships function, and how we can approach and solve environmental problems using GIS technology.

Section I: Introductory Matter 1. Spatial Thinking: Maps, the New Paradigm 2. Spatial Thinking: Archives and Timelines 3. Spatial Thinking: Book Structure Section II: Animaps, 1990s 4. Animaps: Varroa Honeybee Mite 5. Animap Timelines: The Space-Time Pattern of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Syria 1990-1997 6. Animap Abstraction: The Clickable Map, Virtual Reality, and More Section III: 3D Maps: Georeferencing, Turn of the Millennium 7. 3D Maps: Varroa Honey Bee Mite and More 8. 3D Charts: Greater London, 1901-2001: Georeferencing of Population Data and Rank-Size Patterns 9. 3D Charts: Air Pollution Changes in Metropolitan Detroit, 1988-2004 10. 3D Tree Inventory: Geosocial Networking: An Ann Arbor Before-and-After Study 11. 3D Georeferencing: Downtown Ann Arbor Creek Images, Revisited Section IV: GEO MATs, 2000s 12. Varroa GEOMAT: Honeybee Mite 13. Groundwater GEOMAT: Google Earth Applications in a Community Information System 14. Pacemaker GEOMAT: My Heart Your Heart: Organization of Efforts Linked by QR Codes 15. Detroit GEOMAT: Chene Street History Study: Scale Transformation, Layering, and Nesting 16. GEOMAT Guide: Summary: Study the Past, Understand the Present, Prepare for the Future Section V: Story Maps, 2010s 17. Types of Story Maps 18. Varroa Story Map: All Together Now 19. Tree Canopy Story Map: Health Impact Assessments Inform Community Tree Planting and Climate Adaptation Strategies 20. Web Maps as Story Telling 21. In Closing: Spatial Thinking, from Evolution to Revolution