1st Edition
Landscape Ecology And Geographical Information Systems
298 Pages
by
CRC Press
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The landscape we see and live in is an important part or our everyday lives, be they urban or rural. Environmental concern has grown in recent years, as a result of public awareness of the detrimental impact industry, transport and tourism can have on the ecosystem. This book examines the role of the new technologies of geographical information sys
PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Landscape ecology and spatial information systems PART II OVERVIEWS 2 The role of geographic information systems for landscape ecological studies 3 Landscape ecology, geographic information systems and nature conservation PART III CONCEPTUAL ISSUES 4 The tradition of landscape ecology in Czechoslovakia 5 Equilibrium landscapes and their aftermath: spatial heterogeneity and the role of the new technology 6 Hierarchy in ecology: its relevance to landscape ecology and geographic information systems 7 Landscape response units: process-based self-organising systems PART IV TECHNIQUES AND TECHNICAL ISSUES 8 Problems of sampling the landscape 9 A methodology for acquiring information on vegetation succession from remotely sensed imagery 10 Landscape structural analysis of central Belgium using SPOT data 11 Using cover-type likelihoods and typicalities in a geographic information system data structure to map gradually changing environments 12 The use of remote sensing (SPOT) for the survey of ecological patterns, applied to two different ecosystems in Belgium and Zaire PART V APPLICATIONS 13 Managing environmental radioactivity monitoring data: a geographic information system approach 14 Using hydrological models and geographic information systems to assist with the management of surface water in agricultural landscapes 15 The effects of management on heath and mire hydrology: a framework for a geographic information system approach 16 Use of geographic information systems for interpreting land-use policy and modelling effects of land-use change 17 Effects of beaver and moose on boreal forest landscapes 18 The ecological interpretation of satellite imagery with special reference to bird habitats 19 The use of landscape models for the prediction of the environmental impact of forestry
Biography
R Haines-Young, Department of Geography, University of Nottingham. David R. Green, Centre for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science, Department of Geography, University of Aberdeen. S.H. Cousins, International Ecotechnology Research Centre, Cranfield Institute of Technology, Cranfield, Bedford.
