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This book provides an overview of the ecological indicators of
landscape dynamics in the context of geographical landscape
integration. Landscape dynamics depicts every change that occurs in
the physical, biological, and cognitive assets of a landscape. To
understand and interpret the complex physical, biological, and
cognitive phenomena of landscapes, it is necessary to operate
conceptually and practically on a broad range of spatial and
temporal scales. Rapid land use changes have become a concern to
environmentalists and planners because of their impacts on the
natural ecosystem, which further determines socioeconomic dynamics.
In this regard, the book discusses case studies that share new
insights into how landscape patterns and processes impact small
creatures, and how small creatures in turn influence landscape
structure and composition. In turn, the relevant aspects of land
use and land cover dynamics are covered, and the multi-faceted
relationship between the substrata and ecological community is
highlighted. The book is unique in its focus on the application of
spatial informatics such as automatic building extraction from
high-resolution imagery; a soil resource inventory for meeting the
challenges of land degradation; hydrological modeling; the temporal
variation analysis of glacier area and the identification and
mapping of glacial lakes; morphometric analysis of river basins;
and the monitoring and modeling of urban sprawl, among other
features.
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