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Landscape Balance and Landscape Assessment / edited by Rudolf Krönert, Uta Steinhardt, Martin Volk.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Krönert, R. (Rudolf)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geography.
- Ecology.
- Physical geography.
- Conservation biology.
- Environmental chemistry.
- Human geography.
- Earth System Sciences.
- Conservation Biology.
- Environmental Chemistry.
- Human Geography.
- Local Subjects:
- Geography.
- Ecology.
- Earth System Sciences.
- Conservation Biology.
- Environmental Chemistry.
- Human Geography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (IX, 304 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2001.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume gives a fundamental representation of landscape ecology, a young, but interesting and very important transdisciplinary science which aims to solve complex environmental problems. Both the theoretical basis and practical application of landscape ecology are considered. The book addresses all those interested in ecological issues from landscape planners, managers, biologists and geographers to colleges, universitites, local authorities and the public in general. Among the themes are the roots of landscape ecology, problems of scale and dimension, landscape balance with a special focus on the impact of land use changes on water and material fluxes, and how to develop land use variants supporting sustainable development. In order to reach these objectives tools such as remote sensing and information systems are presented.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: Landscape balance and landscape assessment
- 2 History of landscape assessment
- 3 Databases, data organization and data processing
- 4 Researching state and dynamics in landscape using remote sensing
- 5 The analysis of spatio-temporal dynamics of landscape structures
- 6 Scales and spatio-temporal dimensions in landscape research
- 7 Landscape balance
- 8 Landscape assessment
- 9 Landscape function assessment and regional planning: Creating knowledge bases for sustainable landscape development
- 10 Decision support for land use changes — A combination of methods for policy advising and planning.
- Notes:
- "With 57 Figures and 44 Tables"--Title page.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- ISBN:
- 3-662-04532-X
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