Integrating Space Technology in Forest and Societal Management

Sujoy Kumar Jana

ISBN 10: 3639662164 / ISBN 13: 9783639662160

Editore: Scholars' Press Jul 2014, 2014

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Neuware -The book concentrates on how forests are critical for the survival of the grass root communities who do not have any skill / expertise to eke out living from other means. It also embarks on a plethora of social analyse in a GIS platform to show what consequences and how such situation could be improved for sustainable development and localized poverty alleviation. Satellite Remote Sensing has been used as a tool to the maximum extent possible to generate these inputs that can be used towards sustainable development in a particular geographic entity. The book is meant for natural resource managers, researchers, development workers, environmentalist, activists, forest professionals, planners, policy makers, donors, lobbyists and students associated with the area of community participation and natural resource management.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 148 pp. Englisch.

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• Titolo: Integrating Space Technology in Forest and Societal Management
• Editore: Scholars' Press Jul 2014
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3639662164
• ISBN 13: 9783639662160
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu

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Riassunto

The book concentrates on how forests are critical for the survival of the grass root communities who do not have any skill / expertise to eke out living from other means. It also embarks on a plethora of social analyse in a GIS platform to show what consequences and how such situation could be improved for sustainable development and localized poverty alleviation. Satellite Remote Sensing has been used as a tool to the maximum extent possible to generate these inputs that can be used towards sustainable development in a particular geographic entity. The book is meant for natural resource managers, researchers, development workers, environmentalist, activists, forest professionals, planners, policy makers, donors, lobbyists and students associated with the area of community participation and natural resource management.

Informazioni sull?autore

Author is currently employed as Lecturer-II & Course Coordinator, M.Sc in Remote Sensing & GIS, Department of Surveying & Land Studies at the University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea. Major field Remote Sensing, GIS, Cartography, Surveying, Geography and Geo-statistic, Land use studies, Forest resource Management and planning.