Focused on Dhaka, and applicable to other cities, this book uses geospatial techniques to explore land use, climate variability, urban sprawl, population density modeling, flooding, water quality, urban growth modeling, infectious disease and quality of life.
Extensive and detailed in its scope of topics. It is very theory-oriented, since it has minimal practical examples. The main purpose of the textbook is to get the reader familiar with the concepts, to the extent that he or she can think in the appropriate way about diverse economical issues and phenomenons.