Remote Sensing and Gis in Ecosystem Management - Hardcover

American Forests (Association) Forest Policy Center

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1559632844 ISBN 13: 9781559632843

Verlag: Island Press, 1994

Inhaltsangabe

Recent advances in remote-sensing technology and the processing of remote-sensing data through geographic information systems (GIS) present ecologists and resource managers with a tremendously valuable tool -- but only if they are able to understand its capabilities and capture its potential.Remote Sensing and GIS in Ecosystem Management identifies and articulates current and emerging information needs of those involved with the management of forest ecosystems. It explores the potential of remote-sensing/GIS technologies to address those needs, examining: the need for landscape-scale analysis to support forest ecosystem research and management current challenges in the development of remote-sensing/GIS applications case studies of different forest regions in the United States the potential for further development or declassification of military and aerospace remote-sensing/GIS technologies As well as providing important information for ecologists and resource managers, the book will serve as a valuable resource for legislative and judicial policymakers who do not have a technical background in either remote sensing or resource management but who are nonetheless called upon to make decisions regarding the protection and management of forest ecosystems.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

V. Alaric Sample is director of the Forestry Policy Center of American Forests.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Island Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1559632844
• ISBN 13: 9781559632843
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 4
• Anzahl der Seiten: 369
• Herausgeber: Sample V. Alaric
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar