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Landscape Balance and Landscape Assessment

This volume gives a fundamental representation of landscape ecology, a young, but interesting and very important transdisciplinary science which aims to solve complex enviromental problems. Both the theoretical basis and practical application of landscape ecology are considered. The book addresses a...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Krönert, Rudolf (Editor), Steinhardt, Uta (Editor), Volk, Martin (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2001, 2001
Edition:1st ed. 2001
Subjects:
Conservation Biology
Environmental Chemistry
Earth System Sciences
Geography
Human Geography
Physical Geography
Ecology 
Ecology
Online Access:
Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of 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

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