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Water, Land, and Forest Susceptibility and Sustainability, Volume
1: Geospatial Approaches & Modeling brings an interdisciplinary
perspective to solving complex problems in sustainability,
utilizing the latest research and technologies, and includes case
studies that emphasize the applications of remote sensing, GIS, and
image processing for addressing the current state and future needs
to achieve sustainability. As forests, land, and water are among
the most precious resources on earth, emphasizing the need to
conserve them for future generations and, of course, a safe and
sustainable planet. The assessment of the susceptibility of all
these three precious resources must therefore be addressed to
inform their sustainable management. This 1st volume encourages
adaptive activities among experts employed in interdisciplinary
fields, from data mining and machine learning to environmental
science by linking geospatial computational intelligence technology
to forest, land and water issues.
Terrestrial mass movements (i.e. cliff collapses, soil creeps,
mudflows, landslides etc.) are severe forms of natural disasters
mostly occurring in mountainous terrain, which is subjected to
specific geological, geomorphological and climatological
conditions, as well as to human activities. It is a challenging
task to accurately define the position, type and activity of mass
movements for the purpose of creating inventory records and
potential vulnerability maps. Remote sensing techniques, in
combination with Geographic Information System tools, allow
state-of-the-art investigation of the degree of potential mass
movements and modeling surface processes for hazard and risk
mapping. Similarly, through statistical prediction models, future
mass-movement-prone areas can be identified and damages can to a
certain extent be minimized. Issues of scale and selection of
morphological attributes for the scientific analysis of mass
movements call for new developments in data modeling and
spatio-temporal GIS analysis.
The book is a product of a cooperation between the editors and
several contributing authors, addressing current issues and recent
developments in GI technology and mass movements research. Its
fundamental treatment of this technology includes data modeling,
topography, geology, geomorphology, remote sensing, artificial
neural networks, binomial regression, fuzzy logic, spatial
statistics and analysis, and scientific visualization. Both
theoretical and practical issues are addressed.
Terrestrial mass movements (i.e. cliff collapses, soil creeps,
mudflows, landslides etc.) are severe forms of natural disasters
mostly occurring in mountainous terrain, which is subjected to
specific geological, geomorphological and climatological
conditions, as well as to human activities. It is a challenging
task to accurately define the position, type and activity of mass
movements for the purpose of creating inventory records and
potential vulnerability maps. Remote sensing techniques, in
combination with Geographic Information System tools, allow
state-of-the-art investigation of the degree of potential mass
movements and modeling surface processes for hazard and risk
mapping. Similarly, through statistical prediction models, future
mass-movement-prone areas can be identified and damages can to a
certain extent be minimized. Issues of scale and selection of
morphological attributes for the scientific analysis of mass
movements call for new developments in data modeling and
spatio-temporal GIS analysis.
The book is a product of a cooperation between the editors and
several contributing authors, addressing current issues and recent
developments in GI technology and mass movements research. Its
fundamental treatment of this technology includes data modeling,
topography, geology, geomorphology, remote sensing, artificial
neural networks, binomial regression, fuzzy logic, spatial
statistics and analysis, and scientific visualization. Both
theoretical and practical issues are addressed.
This book discusses the impact of climate change, land use and land
cover, and socio-economic dynamics on landslides in Asian
countries. Scholars recently have brought about a shift in their
focus regarding triggering factors for landslides, from rainfall or
earthquake to claiming rapid urbanization, extreme population
pressure, improper land use planning, illegal hill cutting for
settlements and indiscriminate deforestation. This suggests that
the occurrence or probabilities of landslides are shaped by both
climate-related and non-climate-related anthropogenic factors.
Among these issues, land use and land cover change or improper land
use planning is one of the key factors. Further climate change
shapes the rainfall pattern and intensity in different parts of the
world, and consequently rainfall-triggered landslides have
increased. These changes cause socio-economic changes. Conversely,
socio-economic and lifestyle changes enhance inappropriate land use
and climate change. All these changes in land use, climate and
socio-economic aspects are dynamics in nature and shape landslide
risks in Asian countries, where they are given serious attention by
governments, disaster management professionals, researchers and
academicians. This book comprises 21 chapters divided into three
major sections highlighting the effect of climate change on
landslide incidence with the influence on vegetation and
socio-economic aspects. The sections address how climate change and
extreme events have triggered landslides. The advances in
geospatial techniques with the focus on land use and land cover
change along with the effect on socio-economic aspects are also
explored.
Water, Land, and Forest Susceptibility and Sustainability, Volume
2: Insight Towards Management, Conservation and Ecosystem Services
brings an interdisciplinary perspective to solving complex problems
in sustainability, utilizing the latest research and technologies,
and includes case studies that emphasize the applications of remote
sensing, GIS, and image processing for addressing the current state
and future needs to achieve sustainability. As forests, land, and
water are among the most precious resources on earth, emphasizing
the need to conserve them for future generations and, of course, a
safe and sustainable planet. The assessment of the susceptibility
of all these three precious resources must therefore be addressed
to inform their sustainable management. This second volume focuses
on environmental management, conservation, and ecosystem services
and provides information on forest, land, and water resources,
presenting in integrated manner various aspects of their
characterization, susceptibility, and sustainability.
This book discusses the impact of climate change, land use and land
cover, and socio-economic dynamics on landslides in Asian
countries. Scholars recently have brought about a shift in their
focus regarding triggering factors for landslides, from rainfall or
earthquake to claiming rapid urbanization, extreme population
pressure, improper land use planning, illegal hill cutting for
settlements and indiscriminate deforestation. This suggests that
the occurrence or probabilities of landslides are shaped by both
climate-related and non-climate-related anthropogenic factors.
Among these issues, land use and land cover change or improper land
use planning is one of the key factors. Further climate change
shapes the rainfall pattern and intensity in different parts of the
world, and consequently rainfall-triggered landslides have
increased. These changes cause socio-economic changes. Conversely,
socio-economic and lifestyle changes enhance inappropriate land use
and climate change. All these changes in land use, climate and
socio-economic aspects are dynamics in nature and shape landslide
risks in Asian countries, where they are given serious attention by
governments, disaster management professionals, researchers and
academicians. This book comprises 21 chapters divided into three
major sections highlighting the effect of climate change on
landslide incidence with the influence on vegetation and
socio-economic aspects. The sections address how climate change and
extreme events have triggered landslides. The advances in
geospatial techniques with the focus on land use and land cover
change along with the effect on socio-economic aspects are also
explored.
This book gathers the proceedings of the 1st Global Civil
Engineering Conference, GCEC 2017, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
on July 25-28, 2017. It highlights how state-of-the-art techniques
and tools in various disciplines of Civil Engineering are being
applied to solve real-world problems. The book presents
interdisciplinary research, experimental and/or theoretical studies
yielding new insights that will advance civil engineering methods.
The scope of the book spans the following areas: Structural, Water
Resources, Geotechnical, Construction, Transportation Engineering
and Geospatial Engineering applications.
Today, the world is facing severe global warming and uncertain
climate changes resulting in frequent natural hazards. Natural
hazards carry high economic and social costs to the entire world.
For this reason, various nations and the governmental agencies
devote much energy to planning and mitigation actions in relation
to natural and human-induced disasters. With the advent of
Earth-observing sensors in orbit in association with geographic
information technology (GIT), Climatologists, Environmentologists
and Earth scientists have access to data and technology that can be
used to assess climatic changes and dynamics of natural hazards.
The impact of natural disasters such as landslides, flooding and
forest fires can be lessened through effective hazard management
and mitigation. The research publications integrated in this book
covers several modelling approaches for various geohazards. They
present new methods and approaches which support long term early
warning and hazard mitigation strategies.
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