Himalayan Forest Fires Risk Management:A Geospatial Approach

Shruti Kanga (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 384651800X / ISBN 13: 9783846518007

Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2016

Himalayan Forest Fires Risk Management:A Geospatial Approach | Shruti Kanga (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | 188 S. | Englisch | 2016 | LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing | EAN 9783846518007 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt, info[at]bod[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 104038246

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Forest fires have received increased public attention globally during last few years due to their significant short and long-term threat to forests ecosystem and to public safety and property. The Himalayan region of India are subjected to repeated annual fires, and because of inaccessibility only conventional firefighting techniques are used, which are found ineffective. Fire risk assessment requires the use of Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographical Information System (GIS) for processing and displaying of spatial information in a timely and cost effective manner. An attempt has been made through this study, which has broadly aimed at forest fire risk assessment and modeling, for planning and management in Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh (India) to take pre-emptive measures in fire control management. The study may be targeted to forest managers, landscape planners, academicians of following fields i.e. Disaster Management, Natural Resource Management, Earth Science, Ecology, forestry etc. It may be the pioneer publication to access in comprehensive way to forest fire management with geospatial modelling in Indian Himalayan forests.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Dr.Shruti Kanga received Ph.D. degree in Geoinformatics and she is currently an Assistant Professor at Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi. Dr.Laxmi Kant Sharma received M.Tech.,Ph.D. & currently working as an Assistant Professor at Central University of Jharkhand. Dr.M.S.Nathawat received Ph.D. and currently Professor at IGNOU, New Delhi.

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Titel: Himalayan Forest Fires Risk Management:A ...
Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
Einband: Taschenbuch
Zustand: Neu