scholarly journals Hazardous Waste Sites Characterizations Using Geographic Information System In Newark, New Jersey

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sima Bagheri ◽  
Qun Xiao ◽  
Jelena Balorda
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
New Jersey ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Hazardous Waste Sites

Automatic Identification of Roadway Horizontal Alignment Information Using Geographic Information System Data: CurvS Tool

2021 ◽  
pp. 036119812110363
Author(s):  
Bekir Bartin ◽  
Sami Demiroluk ◽  
Kaan Ozbay ◽  
Mojibulrahman Jami
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
New Jersey ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Automatic Identification ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Horizontal Alignment ◽  
System Data ◽  
Overlap Ratio ◽  
Geographic Information System Data

This paper introduces CurvS, a web-based tool for researchers and analysts that automatically extracts, visualizes, and analyzes roadway horizontal alignment information using readily available geographic information system roadway centerline data. The functionalities of CurvS are presented along with a brief background on its methodology. The validation of its estimation results are presented using actual horizontal alignment data from two different roadway types: Route 83, a two-lane two-way rural roadway in New Jersey and I-80, a freeway segment in Nevada. Different metrics are used for validation. These are identification rates of curved and tangent sections, overlap ratio of curved and tangent sections between estimated and actual horizontal alignment data, and percent fit of curve radii. The validation results show that CurvS is able to identify all the curves on these two roadways, and the estimated section lengths are significantly close to the actual alignment data, especially for the I-80 freeway segment, where 90% of curved length and 94% of tangent section length are correctly matched. Even when curves have small central angles, such as the ones in Route 83, CurvS’s estimations covers 71% of curved length and 96% of tangent section length.

scholarly journals A Geographic Information System-Based Indicator of Waste Risk to Investigate the Health Impact of Landfills and Uncontrolled Dumping Sites

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (16) ◽  
pp. 5789
Author(s):  
Lucia Fazzo ◽  
Marco De Santis ◽  
Eleonora Beccaloni ◽  
Federica Scaini ◽  
Ivano Iavarone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Risk Index ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Waste Dumps ◽  
Waste Management Practices ◽  
Illegal Waste

Uncontrolled and poor waste management practices are widespread. The global health impact of hazardous waste exposure is controversial, but the excess of some diseases appears to be consistent. The Geographic Information System (GIS, ESRI Inc., Rome, Italy) method used to estimate the waste risk exposure, in an area with many illegal waste dumps and burning sites, is described. A GIS geodatabase (ESRI ArcGIS format) of waste sites’ data was built. A municipal GIS-based indicator of waste risk (Municipal Risk Index: MRI) has been computed, based on type and quantity of waste, typology of waste disposal, known or potential environmental contamination by waste and population living near waste sites. 2767 waste sites were present in an area 426 km2 large. 38% of the population lived near one or more waste sites (100 m). Illegal/uncontrolled waste dumps, including waste burning areas, constituted about 90% of all sites. The 38 investigated municipalities were categorized into 4 classes of MRI. The GIS approach identified a widespread impact of waste sites and the municipalities likely to be most exposed. The highest score of the MRI included the municipalities with the most illegal hazardous waste dumps and burning sites. The GIS-geodatabase provided information to contrast and to prosecute illegal waste trafficking and mismanagements.

PEMANFAATAN WEBGIS DALAM MENDUKUNG PROGRAM DESA BERSAUDARA DI KABUPATEN MAGELANG

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 223
Author(s):  
Humam Zarodi
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Geographic Information

<p>Erupsi Gunungapi Merapi tahun 2010 mengakibatkan banyak korban jiwa, kerusakan aset dan kerugian di berbagai bidang. Untuk meminimalkan korban jiwa, kerusakan dan kerugian, diperlukan upaya pengurangan risiko bencana (PRB). Salah satu upaya yang dilakukan adalah program desa bersaudara (<em>sister village</em>) yang digagas oleh Pemerintah Kabupaten Magelang melalui Badan Penanggulangan Bencana Daerah (BPBD). Program desa bersaudara ini bertujuan agar ada kepastian tempat pengungsian, mengurangi kesemrawutan proses pengungsian serta memudahkan pelayanan pengungsi. Program ini dapat memanfaatan Sistem Informasi Geografis/<em>Geographic Information System</em> (GIS) yang berbasis web (<em>WebGIS</em>). <em>WebGIS</em> mampu mendiseminasikan peta yang dihasilkan dalam program desa bersaudara, misalnya peta jalur evakuasi. Makalah ini bertujuan untuk mendiskripsikan pemanfataan <em>WebGIS</em> dalam mendukung program desa bersaudara, dengan mengambil kasus di Desa Ngargomulyo (desa rawan bencana) dan Desa Tamanagung (desa penyangga/ penerima pengungsi). Metodenya adalah memaparkan proses pemetaan jalur evakuasi. Proses penyusunan peta tersebut terbagi empat tahap:   survei lapangan, penyiapan data spasial, coding dan publikasi. Hasilnya adalah tampilan peta jalur evakuasi yang bisa diakses oleh siapapun tanpa menggunakan aplikasi GIS yang memudahkan masyarakat pengungsi, penerima pengungsi, pemerintah maupun parapihak, mengetahui asal pengungsi, jalur evakuasi dan titik pengungsian. Penelitian ini menyimpulkan bahwa pemetaan <em>WebGIS</em> dapat mendukung upaya PRB dengan keunggulan bisa dijangkau pengguna secara sangat luas.<strong></strong></p><p><strong>Kata kunci</strong>: desa bersaudara, <em>sister village</em>, pemetaan jalur evakuasi, <em>gis</em>, <em>webgis</em></p>

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