Borderlands Modelling and Understanding with GISs: Challenges and Research Agenda
Borderland regions are special areas and deserve more attention in global sustainable development. Reliable information and effective analysis tools are requested to support borderlands studies through the integrated utilization of geospatial analysis, web service, as well as the other domain-specif...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2013-11-01
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| Series: | The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XL-4-W3/15/2013/isprsarchives-XL-4-W3-15-2013.pdf |
| Summary: | Borderland regions are special areas and deserve more attention in global sustainable development. Reliable information and
effective analysis tools are requested to support borderlands studies through the integrated utilization of geospatial analysis, web
service, as well as the other domain-specific expertise. This paper has reviewed the state-of-the-art of borderlands modelling and
understanding. From the perspective of geospatial information sciences (GIS), integrated data modelling, comprehensive analysis and
collaborative information service are identified as the three major challenges in this filed. A research agenda is further proposed with
four topics, i.e., classification and representation of borderland information, derivation of neighborhood information, development of
synergetic analysis, and design and development of a geo-portal for borderlands studies. This interdisciplinary study requires a closer
and in-depth collaboration of geopolitics, international relation, geography and geo-spatial information sciences. |
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| ISSN: | 1682-1750 2194-9034 |