Title Desertification and risk analysis using high and medium resolution satellite data : training workshop on mapping desertification / edited by Alberto Marini and Mohamed Talbi

Published Dordrecht, the Netherlands : Springer published in ccoperation with NATO Public Diplomacy Division, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 273 pages) : illustrations, maps Series NATO science for peace and security series. Series C, Environmental security, 1874-6519 NATO science for peace and security series. Series C, Environmental security. Contents General Aspects of Desertification -- Anthropic Actions And Desertification In Algeria -- Climate Change And The Need For Renewable Energy Sources -- Changes In The Resources Management And Their Environmental Consequences In A Saharan Arid Environment -- Quality Management in Information Systems for Combating Desertification and Dry Lands Management -- Remote Sensing Of Aeolian Dust Production And Distribution -- Space For The Unccd And The Desertwatch Project -- The New Thematic Strategy For Protecting Soils In Europe -- Application of Remote Sensing Techniques to Desertification Mapping -- Aeolian Morphogenesis And Strategy Of Fight Against Desertification In Algeria (Hodna And Zibans Basin) -- Estimating Soil Moisture Using Optical and Radar Satellite Remote Sensing Data -- Monitoring Sensitive Areas To Desertification In Sardinia: The Contribute Of The Regional Agrometeorological Service -- Contribution Of SAR Interferometry (From Ers1/2) In The Study Of Aeolian Transport Processes: The Cases Of Niger, Mauritania And Morocco -- Data Bank Of Territorial Spectral Signatures For Sardinia And North Africa -- Geosites And Touristic Development Of The Northwestern Tabular Middle Atlas Of Morocco -- Monitoring Land Degradation in Drylands by Remote Sensing -- Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation of a Project to Combat Desertification in Drylands (Case Study in Centre Western Tunisia) -- Remote Sensing Technology Applications For Desertification Mapping: A Case Study, Oudia Area, Tunisia -- Sand Dunes Evolution And Desertification In Southeastern Morocco: A New Approach To An Old Problem -- Thematic Mapping Using Quickbird Multispectral Imagery In Oung El-Jemel Area, Tozeur (Sw Tunisia) -- Use Of Remote Sensing And Gis For Monitoring Agro-Ecological System In Tunisian Arid Regions (Study Case Of Menzel Habib) -- Very High Resolution Satellites -- Vulnerability Of The Lower Sahara And The Human Impact On The Increase Of Desertification (The Case Of Oued Righ And Oued Souf Region) -- General Presentation Of The Al Jerid Area In Tozeur, Tunisia, As Test Area In The Arid Landscapes For The Fight Against Desertification -- Mapping Desertification, A High Education Course In Remote Sensing Summary "This publication collects the results of a practical experience of survey, through the direct control of satellite images from high to medium resolution, over areas subjected to desertification problems. The problems of the local population are closely tied to the equilibrium in the management of the territory, which is compromised by the difficulties of maintaining traditional methodologies of management. The new survey technologies, based on the Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, allow analyzing the details of the present situation and point out the dynamism of the phenomena and the impacts with anthropogenic activities." "Training has been carried out in the Tozeur area, in central Tunisia, where participants had the chance to analyze on the field a series of different aspects. It has also been possible to discuss similar experiences in distant territories and the importance of the physical processes of desertification. During the development of the intensive training on the job, visits to entrepreneurial truths concerning the management of the territory have been carried out. The analyzed area finds in tourism an answer to the necessities of improving the living conditions of the population." "Specialists from twelve nations presented actions of management of the territory, with detailed attention on environmental security and the conditions of the territory. From the observations carried out the fragility of the landscape of the oases has emerged, which are subjected to total anthropogenic management and therefore closely linked to the availability of the specialized workers in the traditional methodologies. It is natural that the management of the lands changes according to modern technologies, but, with a too fast pace, this evolution risks to upset the management of the territory. The exchange of information, the ability to map the variations, the dialogue between the parts, will favor the maintenance of the political security in the Mediterranean region. This experience of cooperation and association constitutes a precedent for the development of a system of high education courses to be provided to the local communities for the common wellbeing."--Jacket Analysis remote sensing fotogrammetrie photogrammetry fysische geografie physical geography geografische informatiesystemen geographical information systems cartografie mapping klimaatverandering climatic change milieumonitoring environmental monitoring environmental analysis aardwetenschappen earth sciences Geology (General) Geologie (algemeen) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes "Results of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Desertification and Risk Analysis Using High and Medium Satellite Data, Tozeur, Tunisia, 9-19 December 2006"--Title page verso Print version record Subject Desertification -- Congresses Desertification -- Control -- Congresses Desertification -- Remote-sensing maps -- Congresses Desertification. Desertification -- Control. Sciences de la terre. Environnement. Desertification Desertification -- Control Genre/Form proceedings (reports) Remote-sensing maps Maps Conference papers and proceedings Remote-sensing maps. Conference papers and proceedings. Maps. Spatiocartes. Actes de congrès. Cartes géographiques. Form Electronic book Author Marini, Alberto, 1945- Talbi, Mohamed. LC no. 2008938014 ISBN 9781402089374 1402089376 9781402089350 140208935X 9781402089367 1402089368

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