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Highlights
- Women and GIS, Volume 3: Champions of a Sustainable World shares impressive stories of women using geospatial technology to create sustainable solutions for problems the world faces.
- 230 Pages
- Young Adult Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography
- Series Name: Women and GIS
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About the Book
Women and GIS, Volume 3: Champions of a Sustainable World shares impressive stories of women using geospatial technology to create sustainable solutions for problems the world faces. These thirty-one strong, persevering women from around the globe will inspire readers to achieve amazing accomplishments.
Book Synopsis
Women and GIS, Volume 3: Champions of a Sustainable World shares impressive stories of women using geospatial technology to create sustainable solutions for problems the world faces. These thirty-one strong, persevering women from around the globe will inspire readers to achieve amazing accomplishments.
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Impressive stories of women in STEAM creating sustainable solutions for problems the world faces.
The advances and discoveries being made by those in STEAM are essential to creating a sustainable and equitable world. In Women and GIS: Champions of a Sustainable World, meet 31 diverse women working in science and research, conservation and the environment, education and the arts, business, humanitarianism, and social justice who are using geospatial technology to create solutions for the biggest challenges we face today.
Find out how each woman discovered her passion, broke down barriers, and used maps, analysis, imagery, and geographic information systems (GIS) to advance her field and improve the world. Featuring strong, persevering women from around the globe, the stories found in Women and GIS, Volume 3: Champions of a Sustainable World will inspire readers who are developing their own life stories to strive for success and achieve amazing accomplishments.
--Esri Press