Colin W. Mitchell

Terrain Evaluation (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Written from the point of view of the earth scientist, this book acts as an introduction to terrain evaluation. The emphasis throughout is on the physical rather than the economic, social or legal aspects of the subject, and topics covered include remote sensing and data processing technologies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 459
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317885221
• Artikelnr.: 41785289

Autorenporträt

Colin W. Mitchell

Inhaltsangabe

I: Principles of terrain evaluation
1: What is terrain evaluation?
2: Principles of physical regionalization
3: Types of physical regionalization
4: Parametric and physiographic systems of terrain evaluation
5: The terrain hierarchy
II: Terrain data requirements
6: The geomorphological framework
7: Terrain processes affecting land uses
8: Vegetation in terrain evaluation
III: Collection and analysis of terrain data
9: Project planning
10: Remote sensing: principles
11: Remote sensing: applications
12: Landscape sampling and statistical analysis
13: Field techniques
14: Data processing and geographical information systems: principles
15: Data processing and geographical information systems: methods
IV: Display, reporting and mapping of terrain data
16: Geomorphological and terrain mapping
17: Computer cartography
V: Applications of terrain evaluation
18: Terrain analysis in meteorology and climatology
19: Terrain factors in hydrology
20: Terrain evaluation in geological and mineral survey
21: Terrain evaluation in soil survey
22: Terrain evaluation in archaeology
23: Agriculture, range and forestry: land suitability and land use evaluation
24: Terrain evaluation in civil engineering
25: Systems for military purposes
26: Terrain in landscape resource evaluation
27: The future