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Land Use Simulation for Europe

Author : John Stillwell
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401004668
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Land Use Simulation for Europe written by John Stillwell and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Land use change is driven by a variety of forces, including spatial policies formulated at supra-national, national, regional and local levels. The main focus of this book is to contextualise, explain and illustrate a new methodology for simulating land use change in different parts of Europe. It considers some of the more important causal factors and identifies state-of-the-art approaches to modelling human and environmental systems, and for evaluating and visualising altenative scenarios. The last part of the volume presents material from two case studies, one from The Netherlands and one from Portugal, of the implementation of a new simulation model called EuroScanner. Audience: This work will be of interest to researchers and practioners whose work involves geography, simulation and modelling, environmental planning, spatial decision making, the methodology of social sciences, and economics.

Monitoring and Modelling Dynamic Environments

Author : Alan P. Dykes
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118649605
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (186 download)

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Download or read book Monitoring and Modelling Dynamic Environments written by Alan P. Dykes and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Times (Obituaries, 4 August 2008) reported that “John Thornes was one of the most eminent and influential physical geographers of his generation.” John’s keen interest in understanding landform processes and evolution was furthered through a variety of methods and informed across a range of disciplinary boundaries. In particular he pushed for better integration of monitoring, theoretical and simulation modelling, field and laboratory experimentation and remote sensing techniques. Although dominated by an interest in the Mediterranean region and problems of land degradation, his research activities ranged across a number of time scales and with other environmental perspectives. This collection of papers reflects this wide range of John’s interests through the recent work of scientists and professionals most strongly influenced by his rigorous training or leadership. The thematic focus of the book, which runs through all of the main contributions, is the integration of different methodologies and the application of this approach to improved understanding of natural systems and the development of appropriate strategies for environmental and resource management. Short overviews of John’s contributions to geomorphological research are also presented to provide context for the origins of this book.

Remote Sensing '96: Integrated Applications for Risk Assessment and Disaster Prevention for the Mediterranean

Author : A. Spiteri
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9789054108559
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (85 download)

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Book Synopsis Remote Sensing '96: Integrated Applications for Risk Assessment and Disaster Prevention for the Mediterranean by : A. Spiteri

Download or read book Remote Sensing '96: Integrated Applications for Risk Assessment and Disaster Prevention for the Mediterranean written by A. Spiteri and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of symposium papers covers such topics as: environmental change; desertification; rainfall; erosion and geomorphological hazards; and land degradation and marine pollution. Other presentations dealt with practical applications of remote sensing and geographic information systems.

The Nature of Mediterranean Europe

Author : Alfred Thomas Grove
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300100556
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Nature of Mediterranean Europe written by Alfred Thomas Grove and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This large volume draws on evidence from fieldwork, historical records, archaeology, pollen analysis and recent research in discussing the ecology of Mediterranean Europe from the past to the present day. Grove and Rackham provide clear explanations and discussions of different ecosystems, of ruined landscapes, climate fluctuations and vegetation change, the impact of fire, terracing, agriculture and man's changing subsistence strategies, of coastal erosion and deforestation. A highly readable book, packed full of information, which also assesses the pessimistic view that many people hold over the future of the landscape and environment.

Cellular Automata

Author : Franco Bagnoli
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031715527
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (317 download)

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Download or read book Cellular Automata written by Franco Bagnoli and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Remote Sensing of Soils

Author : S. Dharumarajan
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 044318772X
Total Pages : 741 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Remote Sensing of Soils written by S. Dharumarajan and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-11-28 with total page 741 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remote Sensing of Soils: Mapping, Monitoring and Measurement covers the basic, theoretical and scientific concepts of multidisciplinary subjects, including sections that relate to soil sciences, remote sensing, geoinformatics, geomatics, civil and water resource engineering, geography, agriculture, disaster management and the earth and environmental sciences. The book consists of defined elements to help guide the reader, including an abstract, introductions, a literature review, methodology, results and discussions, findings, recommendations and conclusions. Each chapter includes theoretical information that is illustrated with flow charts, tables, figures, diagrams and other related illustrations. Site-specific research and case studies are described throughout with geographical and demographical data, current scientific issues, impacts, solutions and societal benefits, thus providing readers from multi-disciplinary backgrounds the tools they need to successful map, analyze and monitor soils. Covers multispectral, hyperspectral and SAR remote sensing analysis of soil properties, soil moisture, soil salinity, and soil organic matters, etc., in spatio-temporal scale Includes a section on digital soil mapping, including integrated RS, GIS and insitu surveyed data analysis for digital soil mapping using widely accepted models and approaches Ideal for readers in the soil sciences, remote sensing, geoinformatics, geomatics, civil and water resource engineering, geography, agriculture, disaster management, and earth and environmental sciences

Recent Advances in Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Processing for Land Degradation Assessment

Author : Achim Roeder
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0203875443
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (38 download)

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Book Synopsis Recent Advances in Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Processing for Land Degradation Assessment by : Achim Roeder

Download or read book Recent Advances in Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Processing for Land Degradation Assessment written by Achim Roeder and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2009-04-23 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Land degradation and desertification are amongst the most severe threats to human welfare and the environment, as they affect the livelihoods of some 2 billion people in the worlds drylands, and they are directly connected to pressing global environmental problems, such as the loss of biological diversity or global climate change. Strategies to co

Response to Land Degradation

Author : E M Bridges
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0429530129
Total Pages : 809 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (295 download)

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Book Synopsis Response to Land Degradation by : E M Bridges

Download or read book Response to Land Degradation written by E M Bridges and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-04-24 with total page 809 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is intended for advanced readers interested in methods of sustainable land management - the prevention and control of land degradation. It offers a coherent view of the situation concerning land degradation and the human response to the problem. It is generally recognized that technological solutions alone cannot solve the problems of land degradation. This book discusses the role of land use and land management policies, programmes, insitutional innovations, and economic incentives for the control and prevention of land degradation. Special attention is given to legal issues at the international level and in individual countries.

European Geographic Information Infrastructures

Author : Peter A. Burrough
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1482273055
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (822 download)

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Download or read book European Geographic Information Infrastructures written by Peter A. Burrough and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2003-05-20 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although it is generally accepted that there is a growing demand for multinational and pan European databases, there is little available on the problems encountered in different types of multinational geographic information applications, nor has there been much discussion of the broader legal and constitutional issues involved at the supranational

Desertification and Risk Analysis Using High and Medium Resolution Satellite Data

Author : Alberto Marini
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402089376
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis Desertification and Risk Analysis Using High and Medium Resolution Satellite Data by : Alberto Marini

Download or read book Desertification and Risk Analysis Using High and Medium Resolution Satellite Data written by Alberto Marini and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-11-27 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work becomes with methodological rigor a part of the innovative proposals for the characterization of the areas at risk of desertification. The complexity of the phenomenon of desertification, which involves extended surfaces in all continents, is one of the most alarming processes of the environmental degradation of our Planet and threatens the health and the living conditions of over a billion of persons. The food crisis, in continuous increase, ask for the world of research to urgently supply reassuring solutions concerning the acquisition of indicators, which are easy to monitor and concur to control the phenomenon in order to fight its acceleration. The constant but different combination that determines the diffusion of deserti- cation in the territories, attributable mostly to climatic changes and the activities of the man, makes our job challenging and complicated, since it varies from region to region. We are aware of all this and therefore we think that the methodological approach of survey of the data is an extremely important element to locate of the phenomenon and to monitor its course. This work, which is characterized for its multi-disciplinary approach, suggests solutions that we wish will quickly find concrete applications at international level. Prof. Bruno Dettori President CNLSD (Comitato Nazionale per la Lotta alla Siccità e alla Desertificazione) v

Mediterranean Desertification

Author : N. A. Geeson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470856866
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Mediterranean Desertification written by N. A. Geeson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2003-04-11 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desertification includes land degradation due to both climatic and anthropogenic causes, where land includes water, soil, and the biosphere. This book presents the most recent findings from the European Community's MEDALUS project, which was formed to understand and manage semi-arid environments that are undergoing great change. * Covers climate and land use processes and responses in the Mediterranean * First book to provide guidelines for the management of land degradation in Mediterranean environments * Based on first-hand experience of the problems by those responsible for solving them

Advances in Remote Sensing and Geo Informatics Applications

Author : Hesham M. El-Askary
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030014401
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Book Synopsis Advances in Remote Sensing and Geo Informatics Applications by : Hesham M. El-Askary

Download or read book Advances in Remote Sensing and Geo Informatics Applications written by Hesham M. El-Askary and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-29 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume is based on the best papers accepted for presentation during the 1st Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-1), Tunisia 2018. The book compiles a wide range of topics addressing various issues by experienced researchers mainly from research institutes in the Mediterranean, MENA region, North America and Asia. Remote sensing observations can close gaps in information scarcity by complementing ground-based sparse data. Spatial, spectral, temporal and radiometric characteristics of satellites sensors are most suitable for features identification. The local to global nature and broad spatial scale of remote sensing with the wide range of spectral coverage are essential characteristics, which make satellites an ideal platform for mapping, observation, monitoring, assessing and providing necessary mitigation measures and control for different related Earth's systems processes. Main topics in this book include: Geo-informatics Applications, Land Use / Land Cover Mapping and Change Detection, Emerging Remote Sensing Applications, Rock Formations / Soil Lithology Mapping, Vegetation Mapping Impact and Assessment, Natural Hazards Mapping and Assessment, Ground Water Mapping and Assessment, Coastal Management of Marine Environment and Atmospheric Sensing.

Environmental Sedimentology

Author : Chris Perry
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444309005
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Sedimentology written by Chris Perry and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-03-12 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental Sedimentology provides a comprehensive introduction to this rapidly expanding field which addresses the functioning and dynamics of contemporary sediment systems and how these systems respond to a range of both natural and anthropogenically-induced disturbance events. considers a range of sedimentary environments; mountain and upland, fluvial, lacustrine, arid, urban, deltaic and estuarine, temperate coastal, tropical coastal, and continental shelf aspects of sediment management and remediation are also considered as are the potential impacts of on-going and future climatic and environmental change Readership: advanced level undergraduates in earth science, environmental science and physical geography, and graduate students in the earth and environmental sciences with an interest in contemporary sediment systems

Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2023 Workshops

Author : Osvaldo Gervasi
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031371143
Total Pages : 653 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (313 download)

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Book Synopsis Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2023 Workshops by : Osvaldo Gervasi

Download or read book Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2023 Workshops written by Osvaldo Gervasi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-06-28 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This nine-volume set LNCS 14104 – 14112 constitutes the refereed workshop proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2023, held at Athens, Greece, during July 3–6, 2023. The 350 full papers and 29 short papers and 2 PHD showcase papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 876 submissions. These nine-volumes includes the proceedings of the following workshops: Advances in Artificial Intelligence Learning Technologies: Blended Learning, STEM, Computational Thinking and Coding (AAILT 2023); Advanced Processes of Mathematics and Computing Models in Complex Computational Systems (ACMC 2023); Artificial Intelligence supported Medical data examination (AIM 2023); Advanced and Innovative web Apps (AIWA 2023); Assessing Urban Sustainability (ASUS 2023); Advanced Data Science Techniques with applications in Industry and Environmental Sustainability (ATELIERS 2023); Advances in Web Based Learning (AWBL 2023); Blockchain and Distributed Ledgers: Technologies and Applications (BDLTA 2023); Bio and Neuro inspired Computing and Applications (BIONCA 2023); Choices and Actions for Human Scale Cities: Decision Support Systems (CAHSC-DSS 2023); and Computational and Applied Mathematics (CAM 2023).

Regional Land Cover Changes, Sustainable Agriculture and Their Interactions with Global Change

Author : Veena Ravichandran
Publisher : Universities Press
ISBN 13 : 9788173712692
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book Regional Land Cover Changes, Sustainable Agriculture and Their Interactions with Global Change written by Veena Ravichandran and published by Universities Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Captures The Stimulating Deliberations Of The Costed Workshop On Regional Land Cover Changes, Sustainable Agriculture And Their Impacts On Global Change , Held At Chennai During December 16 19, 1996. The Papers Presented Cover Wide-Ranging Issues Relating To The Sustainable Use Of Natural Resources, Institutional Arrangements For Land Use Policy, Global Change Concerns In The Region Brought About By Unsustainable Agriculture Systems And Land Use Practices, Etc.

Modelling Soil Erosion by Water

Author : John Boardman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642589138
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book Modelling Soil Erosion by Water written by John Boardman and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TO THE MODEL EVALUATION 1. MODELLING SOIL EROSION BY WATER l 2 John Boardman and David Favis-Mortlock 1 School of Geography and Environmental Change Unit Mansfield Road University of Oxford Oxford OX1 3TB UK 2 Environmental Change Unit University of Oxford 5 South Parks Road Oxford OX1 3UB UK Introduction This volume is the Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop 'Global Change: Modelling Soil Erosion by Water', which was held on II-14th September 1995, at the University of Oxford, UK. The meeting was also one of a series organised by the IGBP 1 GCTE Soil Erosion Network, which is a component of GCTE's Land Degradation Task (3.3.2) (Ingram et aI., 1996; Valentin, this volume). One aim of the GCTE Soil Erosion Network is to evaluate the suitability of existing soil erosion models for predicting the possible impacts of global change upon soil erosion. Due to the wide range of erosion models currently, in use or under development, it was decided to evaluate models in the following sequence Favis-Mortlock et al., 1996): • field-scale water erosion models • catchmenr-scale water erosion models • wind erosion models • models with a landscape-scale and larger focus. As part of this strategy, the first stage of the GCTE validation of field-scale erosion models was carried out at the Oxford NATO-ARW. I A list of Acronyms fonns Appendix A.

Desertification and Land Degradation

Author : Ajai
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351115618
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Desertification and Land Degradation written by Ajai and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-03-30 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desertification and land degradation are complex phenomena, and we need to understand their causes, consequences, and means to mitigate and combat their impact. Therefore, this book aims to explain the concept and characteristics of drylands, desert and desertification, land degradation, wastelands, and the concept of ecosystem services. It also discusses various types of processes of land degradations, their characteristics, physics and indicators along with mapping, monitoring and assessment of methods involved. Concept of Ocean Biological Deserts is discussed along with international and regional efforts towards combating land degradation and desertification. Key Features: • Provides all the aspect of desertification and land degradation at one place • Includes comprehensive methods to monitor different desertification/land degradation processes • Comprehensive overview of the mapping, monitoring and modelling techniques • Role of space borne data in identifying, monitoring and combating desertification is evaluated and reported with real case studies • Explains the concept of ocean biological deserts, their characteristics and mapping