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GIS in environmental management  

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  • Since the early 1970s, geographic information systems (GIS) have been used extensively in environmental management using spatially intensive and extensive databases in an integrated manner. The geographic database includes the collection of samples that are truly representative of any large irregular regions. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; GIS in Environmental Management]

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