Esri’s ArcGIS technology has a long history of driving environmental understanding and decision making. Policymakers, planners, scientists, and many others worldwide rely on GIS for data management and scientific analysis. GIS users represent a vast reservoir of knowledge, expertise, and best practices in applying this cornerstone technology to climate science, carbon management, renewable energy, sustainability, and disaster management.

Case Studies, e-Books, & White Papers

• Geodesign in Practice: Designing a Better World — The 12 articles in this e-book show how geodesign is fundamentally transforming the way we think about the world. http://www.esri.com/esri-news/publications/~/media/Files/Pdfs/library/ebooks/geodesign-in-practice.pdf
  
• Climate Change is a Geographic Problem: The Geographic Approach to Climate Change — Climate change is a geographic problem, and solving it takes a geographic solution.  A GIS-based framework for climate science gives us hope.  With it we can gain a scientific understanding of Earth’s systems at a truly global scale and make thoughtful, informed design decisions that ultimately allow humans and nature to coexist more harmoniously. http://www.esri.com/library/ebooks/climate-change.pdf
• Geodesign: Past, Present, and Future — Geodesign thought leaders share how we got here, where we are today, and where the technology might take us. http://www.esri.com/esri-news/publications/~/media/Files/Pdfs/library/ebooks/geodesign-past-present-future.pdf
• GIS for Climate Change: Case Studies in the Use of GIS for Climate Change — GIS users represent a vast reservoir of knowledge, expertise, and best practices in applying this cornerstone technology to the science of climate change. These eleven case studies illustrate how GIS is helping us to gain a better understanding of the impact of climate change on natural and human systems. http://www.esri.com/library/bestpractices/climate-change.pdf
• The Ocean GIS Initiative: Esri’s Commitment to Understanding Our Oceans — By Dr. Dawn J. Wright, Esri Chief Scientist. http://www.esri.com/library/ebooks/ocean-gis-initiative.pdf
• Farming the Future: GIS for Agriculture, Vol 2 — The articles in this e-book show how Geographic information system (GIS) technology is used throughout the agricultural industry to manage resources, increase yields, reduce input costs, predict outcomes, improve business practices, and more. http://www.esri.com/esri-news/publications/~/media/Files/Pdfs/library/ebooks/farming-the-future.pdf
• Understanding Earth — By Jack Dangermond and Matt Artz. GIS Technology Drives a New Relationship Between Humans and the Environment. http://www.esri.com/library/ebooks/understanding-earth.pdf
• Changing Geography by Design: Selected Readings in Geodesign — Geodesign integrates geographic science with design, resulting in a systematic methodology for geographic planning and decision making. The articles in this book discuss how geodesign brings geographic analysis into any design process, resulting in designs that more closely follow natural systems. http://esripress.esri.com/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&moduleID=0&websiteID=218
• Mapping Forestry — Mapping Forestry describes how GIS software supports the business of forestry in today’s era of economic changes, increased global competition, and diminishing resources. http://esripress.esri.com/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&websiteID=168&moduleID=0
• Conservation Planning: Shaping the Future — A collection of contributed chapters that show how working scientists develop conservation plans using the best available scientific methods, data, and technology. http://esripress.esri.com/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&websiteID=222&moduleID=0
• Urban Observatory — This White Paper explains the Urban Observatory – seeking to provide understanding through comparison and contrast, empowering people to examine, compare, and contrast the global cities of the 21st century.  http://www.urbanobservatory.org/pdfs/urban-observatory.pdf

Videos

• Urban Observatory
  • Esri TV (YouTube) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Psok_Qcl0
  • The Urban Observatory with Jack Dangermond and Hugh Keegan
    • Esri Video: http://video.esri.com/watch/2538/the-urban-observatory-with-jack-dangermond-and-hugh-keegan — Jack Dangermond and Hugh Keegan introduce the Urban Observatory and how it allows people to explore simultaneous views of major cities located around the world.
  • New Landscape Data and Apps
    • Esri Video: http://video.esri.com/watch/2167/new-landscape-data-and-apps — Suzanne Foss demonstrates landscape services.
  • Maps Can Change the World
    • Esri Video: http://video.esri.com/watch/1646/maps-can-change-the-world — John Calkins shares his thoughts on the importance of maps.
  • Meet Dawn Wright: Esri’s Chief Scientist:
    • Esri Video: http://video.esri.com/watch/981/meet-dawn-wright-esris-chief-scientist — Dawn Wright discusses her role as Esri’s Chief Scientist and how GIS technology integrates environmental, conservation, climate, and ocean science into many applications.
  • Ocean GIS
    • Esri Video: http://video.esri.com/watch/1650/ocean-gis — Esri Chief Scientist Dawn Wright, and Will McClintock and Chad Burt of the University of California, Santa Barbara, discuss and demonstrate the efforts made in ocean GIS with SeaSketch, a new web-based solution.
  • GIS in Depth: ArcGIS for Maritime Bathymetry:
    • Esri Video: http://video.esri.com/watch/2403/gis-in-depth-_dash_-arcgis-for-maritime-bathymetry
    • Esri TV (YouTube): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ6Ot7y6KLc — MMT managing director, Duncan Mallace, discusses Esri’s Bathymetry Solution for marine geospatial analysis
  • GIS in Education – Bigfork High School Cave Club, Bigfork, Montana
    • Esri Video: http://video.esri.com/watch/47/gis-in-education-_dash_-bigfork-high-school-cave-club_comma_-bigfork_comma_-montana — Gil Grosvenor, Board Chairman, National Geographic Society, talks about the National Geographic GeoMentor program. Bigfork High School graduated seniors Tia Bakker and Ernie Cottle, along with teacher Hans Bodenhamer, then demonstrate their efforts to conserve caves in Glacier National Park. They identified concerns such as graffiti and ecological factors such as cave fragility. They used their finding to make conservation recommendations to help the park protect the caves.
  • A National GIS for India’s Development with Sam Pitroda
    • Esri Video: http://video.esri.com/watch/2536/a-national-gis-for-indias-development-with-sam-pitroda — Sam Pitroda, adviser to India’s Prime Minister for Public Information Infrastructure and Innovation, highlights India’s efforts to solve its challenges with geospatial technology.
  • Living Well within the Planet’s Boundaries
    • Esri Video: http://video.esri.com/watch/2174/living-well-within-the-planets-boundaries — Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director of the European Environment Agency shares her strategic initiative on preserving the future of planet Earth.
  • Keynote: International Union for Conservation of Nature
    • Esri Video: http://video.esri.com/watch/1652/keynote-international-union-for-conservation-of-nature — Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, discusses an important project that uses GIS to document plant and animal species threatened by extinction.
  • 2011 Excellence in Conservation Science Award – Esri
    • Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/29114636 — The 2011 Jane Goodall Global Leadership Awards were presented on September 24, 2011. This year’s winner for Excellence in Conservation Science was Esri. This award is given to a company or organization dedicated to developing innovative research and technology to protect and restore our natural world and to improve the well-being of all who live in it.
  • Roots & Shoots
    • Esri Video: http://video.esri.com/watch/469/roots-_and_-shoots
    • Esri TV (YouTube): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5HbtQL5pVg — Jane Goodall describes Roots and Shoots, a youth organization related to the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) that is devoted to empowering children in learning about their environment and working together.
  • Earthwatchers
    • Esri Video: http://video.esri.com/watch/1651/earthwatchers — Eduardo Dias of Geodan discusses Earthwatchers, a grass-roots program involved in rainforest conservation.
  • Dr. Sylvia Earle Talks about the Role of GIS in Ocean Conservation
    • Esri Video: http://video.esri.com/watch/143/dr-sylvia-earle-talks-about-the-role-of-gis-in-ocean-conservation — Dr. Sylvia Earle, oceanographer and former chief scientist for the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), gives the keynote presentation at the 1999 Esri International User Conference.