Homework (Due 09/15/08)

1. ESRI Virtual Course: Learning ArcGIS Spatial Analyst Module 2


2. Write a 1-page paper (as short or long as you need to make it - a single paragraph or two is fine if you hit the following two points) explaining how the site suitability process works. I am looking for two items. First, I want you to explain how the process works...the steps. Second, I want you to provide an example from your research (or personal) interests where site suitability process is applicable.
   
1. Background Info
2. Examples:

Suitability Analysis with Raster Data - Part 2

Land Use Suitability Analysis for Florence Township, Goodhue County, southeast Minnesota, U.S.A.

Using GIS for Grape Suitability Analysis

A GIS APPROACH TO HABITAT RESTORATION SITE SELECTION AND PRIORITIZATION IN THE NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY HARBOR ESTUARY

1) Fossil site prediction using geographic information systems (GIS) and suitability analysis: The Two Medicine Formation, MT, a test case
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Volume 251, Issues 3-4, 8 August 2007, Pages 354-365
Kathryn B. Oheim
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2) GIS-based land-use suitability analysis: a critical overview
Progress in Planning, Volume 62, Issue 1, July 2004, Pages 3-65
Jacek Malczewski
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3) A GIS-based multi-scale approach to habitat suitability modeling
Ecological Modelling, Volume 169, Issue 1, 1 November 2003, Pages 1-15
Ron Store and Jukka Jokimaki
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4) Integrating spatial multi-criteria evaluation and expert knowledge for GIS-based habitat suitability modelling
Landscape and Urban Planning, Volume 55, Issue 2, 10 July 2001, Pages 79-93
Ron Store and Jyrki Kangas
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