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Mountain environments & geographic information systems

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Mountains cover about one-fifth of the Earth's surface and ars characterized by great environmental and cultural diversity They are important for at least half the world's populations a places to live; for natural resources and tourism, and as centres of biodiversity.rnrnGeographic information systems (GIS) are increasingly used in mountain areas to record baseline information about the state of the areas and the stresses affecting them; assess methods for monitoring sustainable development; and evaluate scenarios deriving from the interaction of biophysical and social processes. This information provides essential inputs to decision-making at all levels from the local to the global. There are many problems and challenges in applying the essentially two-dimensional technology of GIS to three-dimensional mountain environments. This, the first book on GIS and mountain environments, considers these issues.

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910.02 Mar m

Publisher

Francis : Martin F. Price., 1994

Collation

xiv, 309 Pages

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

07484 0088 5

Classification

910.02

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Subject(s)

Geographic

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