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Title Landscape analysis and visualisation : spatial models for natural resource management and planning / [edited by] Christopher Pettit [and others]
Published Berlin : Springer Verlag, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxxii, 614 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Lecture notes in geoinformation and cartography, 1863-2246
Lecture notes in geoinformation and cartography. 1863-2246
Contents Understanding Landscapes through Knowledge Management Frameworks, Spatial Models, Decision Support Tools and Visualisation; Reading between the Lines: Knowledge for Natural Resource Management; Improving the Use of Science in Evidencebased Policy: Some Victorian Experiences in Natural Resource Management; The Catchment Analysis Tool: Demonstrating the Benefits of Interconnected Biophysical Models; The Application of a Simple Spatial Multi-Criteria Analysis Shell to Natural Resource Management Decision Making
Summary This book showcases a wide range of innovative landscape analysis and visualization techniques as used in a number of applied natural resource management and central planning problems. It includes papers ranging from a number of areas including: (i) natural resource knowledge management, (ii) ecological modelling, (iii) landscape visualization, (iv) NRM policy and investment, (v) land use change and scenario modelling, (vi) farm to catchment tools, and (vii) social, economic, environmental indicators and landscapes. It aims to provide readers with a better understanding of available frameworks
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Natural resources -- Data processing -- Management
Geographic information systems.
Geographic Information Systems
geographic information systems.
NATURE -- Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
Geographic information systems.
Natural resources -- Data processing -- Management.
Environnement.
Sciences de la terre.
Geographic information systems
Form Electronic book
Author Pettit, Christopher
Cartwright, William
Bishop, Ian
Lowell, Kim
Pullar, David
Duncan, David
ISBN 9783540691686
3540691685
9783540691679
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9781281492401
9786611492403
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