Remote Sensing of Protected Lands
1st Edition
Published on 19. April 2016
604 pages
978-1-4398-4188-4 (ISBN)
Description
National parks, wildlife refuges and sanctuaries, natural reserves, conservation areas, frontier lands, and marine-protected areas are increasingly recognized as essential providers of ecosystem services and biological resources. As debates about climate change and sustainability intensify, protected areas become more important as indicators of eco
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Baton Rouge
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Researchers and graduate students in environmental sciences and environmental engineering; ecologists, biologists, environmental managers, conservation organizations dealing with protected lands, as well as governmental and non-governmental agencies.
Illustrations
201 s/w Abbildungen, 53 farbige Abbildungen, 59 s/w Tabellen
201 b/w images, 53 color images, 59 tables and Less than 100
File size
106,87 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4398-4188-4 (9781439841884)
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Remote Sensing of Protected Lands
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Remote Sensing of Protected Lands
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Person
Dr. Yeqiao Wang is a professor at the Department of Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode Island. He has received several awards for his work, including the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from President William J. Clinton in 2000. Dr. Wang's specialties are terrestrial remote sensing and modeling in natural resources analysis and mapping. He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, 70 abstracts and conference papers, and contributed more than 20 peer-reviewed book chapters. He also edited Remote Sensing of Coastal Environments (CRC Press 2009). Dr. Wang serves as the editor in chief for Encyclopedia of Natural Resources (Taylor & Francis), a three-volume set of Land, Air, and Water. Besides his professional publications in English, he has also authored and edited several science books in Chinese.
For more information, see Dr. Wang's web site at the University of Rhode Island.
For more information, see Dr. Wang's web site at the University of Rhode Island.
Content
Remote Sensing of Protected Lands: An Overview. Remote Sensing of Changing Landscape of Protected Lands. Remote Sensing for Inventory, Mapping, and Conservation of Protected Lands and Waters. Remote Sensing for Inventory and Monitoring of Frontier Lands. Remote Sensing in Decision Support for Management of Protected Lands. Index.
