"Fourth International Conference on Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Environmental Modeling, held in Banff, Canada, in September 2000"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Modeling the environment with GIS: a historical perspective from geography -- Modeling frameworks, paradigms and approaches -- Spatial decision support system and environmental modeling: an application approach -- GIS data sources and measurement technologies for modeling -- Development, calibration and validation of physical models -- Dynamic systems modeling and four dimensional geographic information systems -- Modeling human-environmental systems -- Modeling physical systems -- Integrative environmental modeling -- Case studies in GIS -- Visualizing environmental data -- GIS/EM: where next?.