Remote sensing of vegetation. Hyperspectral indices and image classifications for agriculture and vegetation book pdf download

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Auther : Prasad Thenkabail
Date of Coming : 2022-08-10
Department : Social sciences
Section : Geography
Language : English
Size of file : 38.3MB
Number of Pages : 333

Author: Prasad Thenkabail

About the Author: Dr. Prasad S. Thenkabail, Research Geographer-15, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), is a world-recognized expert in remote sensing science with multiple major contributions in the field sustained over more than 30 years. He obtained his PhD from the Ohio State University in 1992 and has over 140 peer-reviewed scientific publications, mostly in major international journals. Dr. Thenkabail has conducted pioneering research in the area of hyperspectral remote sensing of vegetation and in that of global croplands and their water use for food security. In hyperspectral remote sensing he has done cutting-edge research with wide implications in advancing remote sensing science in application to agriculture and vegetation. This body of work led to more than ten peer-reviewed research publications with high impact. For example, a single paper entitled “Hyperspectral vegetation indices and their relationships with agricultural crop characteristics” has received 1250+ citations as at the time of writing (November 19, 2020). Two other papers entitled “Accuracy assessments of hyperspectral waveband performance for vegetation analysis applications” and “Hyperion, IKONOS, ALI, and ETM+ sensors in the study of African rainforests” have 515+ and 420+ citations each ((November 19, 2020). Numerous other papers, book chapters, and books (some related to this work, as we will learn below) have made highly significant contributions to field of hyperspectral remote sensing of agriculture, vegetation, water, food security as well as in global croplands for food and water security. In addition, new pathfinding work on global hyperspectral imaging spectral libraries on agricultural crops (GHISA) has been initiated:

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Written by leading global experts, including pioneers in the field, the four-volume set on Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation, Second Edition, reviews existing state-of- the-art knowledge, highlights advances made in different areas, and provides guidance for the appropriate use of hyperspectral data in the study and management of agricultural crops and natural vegetation. Volume II, Hyperspectral Indices and Image Classifications for Agriculture and Vegetation evaluates the performance of hyperspectral narrowband or imaging spectroscopy data with specific emphasis on the uses and applications of hyperspectral narrowband vegetation indices in characterizing, modeling, mapping, and monitoring agricultural crops and vegetation. This volume presents and discusses topics such as the non-invasive quantification of foliar pigments, leaf nitrogen concentration of cereal crop, the estimation of nitrogen content in crops and pastures, and forest leaf chlorophyll content, among others. The concluding chapter provides readers with useful guidance on the highlights and essence of Volume II through the editors’ perspective.

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Quantitative methods and socio-economic applications in GIS book pdf download

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Auther : Fahui Wang
Number of Pages : 50
Language : English
Department : Social sciences
Date of Coming : 2022-08-10
Section : Geography
Size of file : 15.6MB

Author: Fahui Wang

About the Author: Fahui Wang is Cyril & Tutta Vetter Alumni Professor and former Department Chair (2014-2020) in the Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University. He earned the B.S. in geography from Peking University, China (1988), and M.A. in economics (1993) and PhD in city and regional planning (1995) from the Ohio State University. He was a recipient of the LSU Rainmaker Award for outstanding research, scholarship and creative activity (2015) and the LSU Distinguished Faculty Award (2018). His research interests include GIS applications in human geography (urban, economic, transportation), city and regional planning, and public policy (crime and health). According to Scopus with data freeze as of May 6, 2020, he is among the top 1% most-cited researchers in Geography (precisely, 159th in 27,592) in the world.

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The second edition of a bestseller, Quantitative Methods and Socio-Economic Applications in GIS (previously titled Quantitative Methods and Applications in GIS) details applications of quantitative methods in social science, planning, and public policy with a focus on spatial perspectives. The book integrates GIS and quantitative (computational) methods and demonstrates them in various policy-relevant socio-economic applications with step-by-step instructions and datasets. The book demonstrates the diversity of issues where GIS can be used to enhance the studies related to socio-economic issue. Read more… Abstract: The second edition of a bestseller, Quantitative Methods and Socio-Economic Applications in GIS (previously titled Quantitative Methods and Applications in GIS) details applications of quantitative methods in social science, planning, and public policy with a focus on spatial perspectives. The book integrates GIS and quantitative (computational) methods and demonstrates them in various policy-relevant socio-economic applications with step-by-step instructions and datasets. The book demonstrates the diversity of issues where GIS can be used to enhance the studies related to socio-economic issue

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GIS Automated Delineation of Hospital Service Areas book pdf download

Section : Geography
Number of Pages : 225
Size of file : 18.8MB
book quality : Good
Department : Social sciences
Date of Coming : 2022-08-10
Language : English
Auther : Fahui Wang

Author: Fahui Wang

About the Author: Fahui Wang is Cyril & Tutta Vetter Alumni Professor and former Department Chair (2014-2020) in the Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University. He earned the B.S. in geography from Peking University, China (1988), and M.A. in economics (1993) and PhD in city and regional planning (1995) from the Ohio State University. He was a recipient of the LSU Rainmaker Award for outstanding research, scholarship and creative activity (2015) and the LSU Distinguished Faculty Award (2018). His research interests include GIS applications in human geography (urban, economic, transportation), city and regional planning, and public policy (crime and health). According to Scopus with data freeze as of May 6, 2020, he is among the top 1% most-cited researchers in Geography (precisely, 159th in 27,592) in the world.

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Hospital service areas (HSAs) and hospital referral regions (HRRs) are considered more appropriate units than geopolitical units for analyzing the performance of health care markets and policy implementation. GIS Automated Delineation of Hospital Service Areas represents the state-of-the-art approach in delineating HSAs and HRRs by using GIS-automated processes. It provides the best practices for defining such areas scientifically, in a geographically accurate manner, and without a steep learning curve. This book is intended to mainly serve professionals in geography, urban and regional planning, public health, and related fields. It is also useful for scholars in the above fields who have research interests related to GIS and spatial analysis applications in health care. It can be used as a supplemental text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in courses related to GIS and public health.

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GIS-based simulation and analysis of intra-urban commuting book pdf download

Date of Coming : 2022-08-10
Number of Pages : 129
Size of file : 5.96MB
Department : Social sciences
Section : Geography
book quality : Good
Auther : Fahui Wang
Language : English

Author: Fahui Wang

About the Author: Fahui Wang is Cyril & Tutta Vetter Alumni Professor and former Department Chair (2014-2020) in the Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University. He earned the B.S. in geography from Peking University, China (1988), and M.A. in economics (1993) and PhD in city and regional planning (1995) from the Ohio State University. He was a recipient of the LSU Rainmaker Award for outstanding research, scholarship and creative activity (2015) and the LSU Distinguished Faculty Award (2018). His research interests include GIS applications in human geography (urban, economic, transportation), city and regional planning, and public policy (crime and health). According to Scopus with data freeze as of May 6, 2020, he is among the top 1% most-cited researchers in Geography (precisely, 159th in 27,592) in the world.

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Commuting, the daily link between residences and workplaces, sets up the complex interaction between the two most important land uses (residential and employment) in a city, and dictates the configuration of urban structure. In addition to prolonged time and stress for individual commuters on traffic, commuting comes with additional societal costs including elevated crash risks, worsening air quality, and louder traffic noise, etc. These issues are important to city planners, policy researchers, and decision makers. GIS-Based Simulation and Analysis of Intra-Urban Commuting, presents GIS-based simulation, optimization and statistical approaches to measure, map, analyze, and explain commuting patterns including commuting length and efficiency. Several GIS-automated easy-to-use tools will be available, along with sample data, for readers to download and apply to their own studies. This book recognizes that reporting errors from survey data and use of aggregated zonal data are two sources of bias in estimation of wasteful commuting, it studies the temporal trend of intraurban commuting pattern based on the most recent period newly-available 2006-2010, and it focuses on commuting, and especially wasteful commuting within US cities. It includes ready-to-download GIS-based simulation tools and sample data, and an explanation of optimization and statistical techniques of how to measure commuting, as well as presenting a methodology that can be applicable to other studies. This book is an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and practitioners in geography, urban planning, public policy, transportation engineering, and other related disciplines.

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Landscape Ecology and Water Management book pdf download

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Section : Geography
Number of Pages : 346
Language : English
Department : Social sciences
Auther : Mehtab Singh
Date of Coming : 2022-08-10
Size of file : 12.3MB

Author: Mehtab Singh

About the Author: Prof. Mehtab Singh Rana (MDU, Rohtak) delivered a lecture on ” Role of Geospatial Technologies in g-Governance” in a workshop on ‘Applications of Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS in Natural Resource Management’ at Interdisciplinary Dept of Remote Sensing and GIS, Aligarh Muslim University. During the lecture, Prof. Mehtab Singh Rana said that the present global trend of application of Geospatial Technologies in Administration and planning reveals that next decade would be of g-Governance I.E GIS based Governance. The quick information received through Geospatial Technologies helps in Administration planning monitoring and in management works and taking quick decisions which ultimately helps in developing good and decentralised governance.

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The over-exploitation of important earth resources such as land and water has led to a number of environment-related problems the world over. At the same time, land-use change caused by various human activities has led to extinction of many plant and animal habitats and species. In this context, the relevance of biodiversity for human survival is becoming a major international political issue as scientific evidence builds on the global health implications of biodiversity loss. These issues are closely linked with the issue of climate change, as many of the health risks due to climate change are associated with rapid degradation of biodiversity. This present work focuses on holistic natural resource-based spatio-temporal planning, development and management and considers them as essential to save the degraded ecosystem for sustainable resource management. Contributions are compiled in two volumes: 1. Climate Change and Biodiversity and 2. Landscape Ecology and Water Management. Geoinformatics along with its tools such as remote sensing and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) have been used in assessing the results of various environmental problems both physical and social. These volumes will be useful for geographers, geoscientists, hydrologists, landscape ecologists, environmentalists, engineers, planners and policy makers.

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Climate Change and Biodiversity book pdf download

Date of Coming : 2022-08-10
book quality : Good
Department : Social sciences
Section : Geography
Language : English
Auther : Mehtab Singh
Size of file : 8.02MB
Number of Pages : 267

Author: Mehtab Singh

About the Author: Prof. Mehtab Singh Rana (MDU, Rohtak) delivered a lecture on ” Role of Geospatial Technologies in g-Governance” in a workshop on ‘Applications of Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS in Natural Resource Management’ at Interdisciplinary Dept of Remote Sensing and GIS, Aligarh Muslim University. During the lecture, Prof. Mehtab Singh Rana said that the present global trend of application of Geospatial Technologies in Administration and planning reveals that next decade would be of g-Governance I.E GIS based Governance. The quick information received through Geospatial Technologies helps in Administration planning monitoring and in management works and taking quick decisions which ultimately helps in developing good and decentralised governance.

Climate Change and Biodiversity book pdf download By Mehtab Singh

The over-exploitation of important earth resources such as land and water has led to a number of environment-related problems the world over. At the same time, land-use change caused by various human activities has led to extinction of many plant and animal habitats and species. In this context, the relevance of biodiversity for human survival is becoming a major international political issue as scientific evidence builds on the global health implications of biodiversity loss. These issues are closely linked with the issue of climate change, as many of the health risks due to climate change are associated with rapid degradation of biodiversity. This present work focuses on holistic natural resource-based spatio-temporal planning, development, and management and considers them as essential to save the degraded ecosystem for sustainable resource management. Contributions are compiled in two volumes: 1. Climate Change and Biodiversity and 2. Landscape Ecology and Water Management. Geoinformatics along with its tools such as remote sensing and geographical information systems (GIS) have been used in assessing the results of various environmental problems both physical and social. The volume will be useful for geographers, geoscientists, hydrologists, landscape ecologists, environmentalists, engineers, planners and policy makers.

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Geographical Information System and Crime Mapping book pdf download

Size of file : 22.3MB
Number of Pages : 50
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Auther : Mehtab Singh
Language : English
Section : Geography
Department : Social sciences
Date of Coming : 2022-08-10

Author: Mehtab Singh

About the Author: Prof. Mehtab Singh Rana (MDU, Rohtak) delivered a lecture on ” Role of Geospatial Technologies in g-Governance” in a workshop on ‘Applications of Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS in Natural Resource Management’ at Interdisciplinary Dept of Remote Sensing and GIS, Aligarh Muslim University. During the lecture, Prof. Mehtab Singh Rana said that the present global trend of application of Geospatial Technologies in Administration and planning reveals that next decade would be of g-Governance I.E GIS based Governance. The quick information received through Geospatial Technologies helps in Administration planning monitoring and in management works and taking quick decisions which ultimately helps in developing good and decentralised governance.

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Geographical Information System and Crime Mapping features a diverse array of Geographic Information System (GIS) applications in crime analysis, from general issues such as GIS as a communication process, interjurisdictional mapping and data sharing to specific applications in tracking serial killers and predicting violence-prone zones. It supports readers in developing and implementing crime mapping techniques. The distribution of crime is explained with reference to theories of human ecology, transport network, built environment, housing markets, and forms of urban management, including policing. Concepts are supported with relevant case studies and real-time crime data to illustrate concepts and applications of crime mapping. Aimed at senior undergraduate, graduate students, professionals in GIS, Crime Analysis, Spatial Analysis, Ergonomics and human factors, this book: Provides an update of GIS applications for crime mapping studies; Highlights growing potential of GIS for crime mapping, monitoring, and reduction through developing and implementing crime mapping techniques; Covers Operational Research, Spatial Regression model, Point Analysis and so forth; Builds models helpful in police patrolling, surveillance and crime mapping from a technology perspective; Includes a dedicated section on case studies including exercises and data samples.

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The Dictionary of Human Geography book pdf download

Date of Coming : 2022-08-10
Size of file : 7.31MB
Number of Pages : 1071
Department : Social sciences
Auther : Ronald John Johnston
book quality : Good
Section : Geography
Language : English

Author: Ronald John Johnston

About the Author: RON JOHNSTON joined the School in 1995, having previously worked in the Departments of Geography at Monash University (1964-1966) and the Universities of Canterbury (1967-1974) and Sheffield (1972-1992) and as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Essex (1992-1995). Ron’s academic work has focused on political geography (especially electoral studies), urban geography – much of the work in those two fields involving innovative use of multivariate statistical methods – and the history of human geography. He has honorary degrees from the University of Essex (DU, 1996), Monash University (LLD, 1999), the University of Sheffield (DLitt, 2002) and the University of Bath (DLItt, 2005). He has twice been honoured by the Royal Geographical Society for his research achievements (Murchison Award, 1985; Victoria Medal, 1990), and the Association of American Geographers (Research Honours, 1991; Lifetime Achievement Award, 2010); he received the Political Studies Association’s Political Communicator of the Year Award in 2011. In 1999 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy and a Foundation Academician of the Academy of the Learned Societies in the Social Sciences, and was awarded the Prix Vautrin Lud by the Festival Internationale de Géographie. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2011 for services to scholarship. He was Secretary of the Institute of British Geographers between 1982 and 1985 and its President in 1991. He was a co-editor of two major journals – Progress in Human Geography and Environment and Planning A – between 1979 and 2006 (having previously edited the New Zealand Geographer, 1969-1974) and has edited the British Academy’s annual volume of Biographical Memoirs of Fellows since 2008.

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This dictionary is an invaluable resource for the student, academic, and researcher of anything “cultural”. Although it was specifically created to fill a reference gap in the field of geography, it contains hundreds of useful and expansive definitions, each with a complete bibliography, that are useful to anyone who studies humans and cultures. It is NOT a “dictionary of places/names”, but rather focuses on concepts, applications, and general terms related to humans and cultures. It is also encyclopedic in its scope, giving both breadth and depth of coverage for each term, application, and concept. Most of the definitions are stated in simple terms, and then expanded upon, drawing from multiple sources, often times outside the field of geography. The list of contributors spans the global gamut of experts in human- and cultural-related fields. It is well-researched, well-formatted, and easy to follow. If you want/need to know anything about human/cultural features in the world, chances are, you will find the explanation in this dictionary.

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Spaces of Geographical Thought: Deconstructing Human Geography’s Binaries book pdf download

Section : Geography
Department : Social sciences
Size of file : 1.40MB
book quality : Good
Date of Coming : 2022-08-10
Language : English
Number of Pages : 233
Auther : Ronald John Johnston

Author: Ronald John Johnston

About the Author: RON JOHNSTON joined the School in 1995, having previously worked in the Departments of Geography at Monash University (1964-1966) and the Universities of Canterbury (1967-1974) and Sheffield (1972-1992) and as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Essex (1992-1995). Ron’s academic work has focused on political geography (especially electoral studies), urban geography – much of the work in those two fields involving innovative use of multivariate statistical methods – and the history of human geography. He has honorary degrees from the University of Essex (DU, 1996), Monash University (LLD, 1999), the University of Sheffield (DLitt, 2002) and the University of Bath (DLItt, 2005). He has twice been honoured by the Royal Geographical Society for his research achievements (Murchison Award, 1985; Victoria Medal, 1990), and the Association of American Geographers (Research Honours, 1991; Lifetime Achievement Award, 2010); he received the Political Studies Association’s Political Communicator of the Year Award in 2011. In 1999 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy and a Foundation Academician of the Academy of the Learned Societies in the Social Sciences, and was awarded the Prix Vautrin Lud by the Festival Internationale de Géographie. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2011 for services to scholarship. He was Secretary of the Institute of British Geographers between 1982 and 1985 and its President in 1991. He was a co-editor of two major journals – Progress in Human Geography and Environment and Planning A – between 1979 and 2006 (having previously edited the New Zealand Geographer, 1969-1974) and has edited the British Academy’s annual volume of Biographical Memoirs of Fellows since 2008.

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Spaces of Geographical Thought examines key ideas – like space and place – which inform the geographic imagination. The text explains the significance of these binaries in the constitution of geographic thought and shows how many of these binaries have been interrogated and reimagined in more recent geographical thinking. A consideration of these binaries will define the concepts and situate students in the most current geographical arguments and debates. The text will be required reading for all modules on the philosophy of geography and on geographical theory.

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Putting Voters in Their Place: Geography and Elections in Great Britain book pdf download

Size of file : 1.83MB
Section : Geography
Auther : Ronald John Johnston
Date of Coming : 2022-08-10
Department : Social sciences
book quality : Good
Number of Pages : 357
Language : English

Author: Ronald John Johnston

About the Author: RON JOHNSTON joined the School in 1995, having previously worked in the Departments of Geography at Monash University (1964-1966) and the Universities of Canterbury (1967-1974) and Sheffield (1972-1992) and as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Essex (1992-1995). Ron’s academic work has focused on political geography (especially electoral studies), urban geography – much of the work in those two fields involving innovative use of multivariate statistical methods – and the history of human geography. He has honorary degrees from the University of Essex (DU, 1996), Monash University (LLD, 1999), the University of Sheffield (DLitt, 2002) and the University of Bath (DLItt, 2005). He has twice been honoured by the Royal Geographical Society for his research achievements (Murchison Award, 1985; Victoria Medal, 1990), and the Association of American Geographers (Research Honours, 1991; Lifetime Achievement Award, 2010); he received the Political Studies Association’s Political Communicator of the Year Award in 2011. In 1999 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy and a Foundation Academician of the Academy of the Learned Societies in the Social Sciences, and was awarded the Prix Vautrin Lud by the Festival Internationale de Géographie. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2011 for services to scholarship. He was Secretary of the Institute of British Geographers between 1982 and 1985 and its President in 1991. He was a co-editor of two major journals – Progress in Human Geography and Environment and Planning A – between 1979 and 2006 (having previously edited the New Zealand Geographer, 1969-1974) and has edited the British Academy’s annual volume of Biographical Memoirs of Fellows since 2008.

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Why do people living in different areas vote in different ways? Why does this change over time? How do people talk about politics with friends and neighbours, and with what effect? Does the geography of well-being influence the geography of party support? Do parties try to talk to all voters at election time, or are they interested only in the views of a small number of voters living in a small number of seats? Is electoral participation in decline, and how does the geography of the vote affect this? How can a party win a majority of seats in Parliament without a majority of votes in the country? Putting Voters in their Place explores these questions by placing the analysis of electoral behaviour into its geographical context. Using information from the latest elections, including the 2005 General Election, the book shows how both voters and parties are affected by, and seek to influence, both national and local forces. Trends are set in the context of the latest research and scholarship on electoral behaviour. The book also reports on new research findings.

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