Drawing together experiences from five continents, this title evaluates and discusses the use of GIS for research and management in mountain environments. Contributions come from both research scientists and private consultants.; The book includes papers covering: GIS in the mountains of the Commonwealth of Independant States; land hazard analysis; research and mangement in national parks and adjacent areas USA, Canada, Australia; impacts of climate change on mountain vegetation; linkage of knowledge-based systems to GIS; terrain modelling DTMs.; These papers are grouped together into sections: regional resource inventory and planning; natural hazard assessment; conservation and protected area management; simulation and prediction: vegetation and climate change.
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"...well-written, often in reasonably non-specialist language, and well presented." -- GIS Europe
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Mountains are distributed across all of the world's continents. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
deforestation risk, operable forest, ecoclimatic zonation, topoclimatic factors, landslide density, landslide hazard zonation, spruce communities, fire growth model, alpine treeline, caribou habitat, ecoclimatic zones, beech communities, deltaic wetlands, treeline ecotone, landslide hazard assessment, biophysical landscape, visual impact assessment, fire behaviour, mountain nature reserves, simulated map, climatic habitats, digital terrain data, suitability classes, mountain environments, hazard mapping Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Glacier National Park, Costa Rica, New South Wales, British Columbia, International Symposium, Landsat Thematic Mapper, New York, Sagarmatha National Park, Val Malenco, Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Moderate High High, Geological Survey, Ministry of Environment, Rio Chinchina, Rocky Mountains, Design Workshop, European Communities, General Technical Report, Ministry of Forests, Wildlife Branch, Alberta Tourism, Class Score Overlay, Continental Divide, Riesgos Naturales New!
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Mountains are distributed across all of the world's continents. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
deforestation risk, operable forest, ecoclimatic zonation, topoclimatic factors, landslide density, landslide hazard zonation, spruce communities, fire growth model, alpine treeline, caribou habitat, ecoclimatic zones, beech communities, deltaic wetlands, treeline ecotone, landslide hazard assessment, biophysical landscape, visual impact assessment, fire behaviour, mountain nature reserves, simulated map, climatic habitats, digital terrain data, suitability classes, mountain environments, hazard mapping Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Glacier National Park, Costa Rica, New South Wales, British Columbia, International Symposium, Landsat Thematic Mapper, New York, Sagarmatha National Park, Val Malenco, Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Moderate High High, Geological Survey, Ministry of Environment, Rio Chinchina, Rocky Mountains, Design Workshop, European Communities, General Technical Report, Ministry of Forests, Wildlife Branch, Alberta Tourism, Class Score Overlay, Continental Divide, Riesgos Naturales New!
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- Remote Sensing: Symposium Proceedings by G. K. C. Pardoe on 9 pages
- Remote Sensing (Survey report) by Richrd R. Miller on 4 pages
- Principles of Geographical Information Systems (Spatial Information Systems) by Peter A. Burrough in Front Matter, and page 162
- Remote Sensing (Geophysics Reprint Series No. 3) by Ken Watson on page 130, and page 131
- Climate Change: From Science to Sustainability (Environmental Web) by Stephen Peake in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Nature-based Tourism, Environment and Land Management (Ecotourism Series) by Ralf C. Buckley on page 179
- Scale in Remote Sensing and GIS (Mapping Sciences) by Dale A. Quattrochi on page 13
- GIS (Geographic Information Systems Workshop) by David R. Green in Back Matter
- Mountain Research in Europe: An Overview of MAB Research from the Pyrenees to Siberia (International Congress, Symposium, and Seminar Series,) by M.F. Price in Back Matter
- Innovations in GIS 6 by Bruce Gittings on page 91
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