People and Pixels : Linking Remote Sensing and Social Science.
National Research. Council
Bok Engelsk 1998 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (266 pages)
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | PEOPLE and PIXELS -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Linking Remote Sensing and Social Science: The Need and the Challenges -- WHAT CAN REMOTE SENSING DO FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE? -- Measuring the Context of Social Phenomena -- Measuring Social Phenomena and Their Effects -- Providing Additional Measures for Social Science -- Making Connections Across Levels of Analysis -- Providing Time-Series Data on Socially Relevant Phenomena -- WHAT CAN SOCIAL SCIENCE DO FOR REMOTE SENSING? -- Validation and Interpretation of Remote Observations -- Data Confidentiality and Public Use -- HOW CAN REMOTE SENSING AND SOCIAL SCIENCE IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS? -- Interpreting, Modeling, and Predicting the Dynamics of Natural Resources -- Understanding the Human Consequences of Climate Flux -- MAJOR INTELLECTUAL ISSUES -- Finding the Appropriate Spatial and Temporal Resolution -- Linking People to Pixels -- INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES: MAKING IT HAPPEN -- Building a Community of Scholars -- Training Future Scholars -- Providing Necessary Data -- PLAN OF THE VOLUME -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 2 A Brief History of Remote Sensing Applications, with Emphasis on Landsat -- GROWTH OF THE REMOTE SENSING COMMUNITY -- STIMULI FOR AN ORBITING RESOURCES SATELLITE -- FORCES MOTIVATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF REMOTE SENSING -- Need For Better Information -- National Security -- Commercial Opportunities -- International Cooperation -- International Law -- THE EVOLUTION OF LANDSAT -- The Landsat Concept -- THE LANDSAT SYSTEM -- Landsats-1, -2, and -3 -- Landsats-4 and -5 -- Landsat-6 -- ASSESSING THE IMPACT -- A New Paradigm -- Privatization/Commercialization -- The Legacy -- Landsat-7 -- Beyond Landsat-7 -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 3 "Socializing the Pixel" and "Pixelizing the Social" in Land-Use and Land-Cover Change.. - 8 Extraction and Modeling of Urban Attributes Using Remote Sensing Technology -- REMOTE SENSING OF URBAN/SUBURBAN ATTRIBUTES -- Land Use/Land Cover -- Building and Cadastral (Property Line) Infrastructure -- Transportation Infrastructure -- Utility Infrastructure -- Creation of a Digital Elevation Model -- Socioeconomic Characteristics -- Energy Demand and Conservation -- Meteorological Data -- Critical Environmental Area Assessment -- Disaster Emergency Response -- USE OF REMOTE SENSING FOR FORECASTING URBAN RESIDENTIAL EXPANSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 9 Social Science and Remote Sensing in Famine Early Warning -- PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF FAMINE MODELS -- OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTEGRATION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE -- REFERENCES -- 10 Health Applications of Remote Sensing and Climate Modeling -- MONITORING COASTAL ALGAL BLOOMS -- MONITORING TERRESTRIAL HABITATS OF DISEASE VECTORS -- MODELING CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND DISEASE OUTBREAKS -- USING CLIMATE CHANGE MODELS TO PROJECT DISEASE DISTRIBUTION -- UNDERSTANDING THE SPREAD OF DISEASE AT HIGH ALTITUDES -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ADDITIONAL READINGS -- Appendix A An Annotated Guide to Earth Remote Sensing Data and Information Resources for Social Science Applications -- I. BASIC INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION ON EARTH REMOTE SENSING -- I.A General Overviews and Compendia -- I.B. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) -- I.C Glossaries -- I.D. Tutorials and Other Educational Materials -- II. SELECTED LISTINGS OF EARTH REMOTE SENSING DATA AND INFORMATION RESOURCES -- II.A Comprehensive Lists -- II. B Selective Lists -- III. SELECTED REMOTE SENSING DATA CATALOGS AND SEARCH TOOLS -- III.A Multiple Data Center Catalogs and Search Tools -- III.B Selected Data Center Catalogs and Search Tools -- IV. SELECTED EARTH REMOTE SENSING DATA SYSTEMS AND CENTERS.. - IV.A Selected Multinational Data Systems and Centers -- IV.B Selected National Centers -- V. OTHER NOTEWORTHY RESOURCES RELATED TO EARTH REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS AND EDUCATION -- VI. SELECTED E-MAIL/WWW GATEWAYS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Appendix B Glossary -- Biographical Sketches of Contributors and Editors.. - SOCIALIZING THE PIXEL -- PIXELIZING THE SOCIAL -- SCALAR DYNAMICS AND PATH DEPENDENCE -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 4 Linking Satellite, Census, and Survey Data to Study Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon -- THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON -- Defining the Region -- Development Policy, Land Settlement, and Deforestation -- RATIONALE FOR THE RESEARCH DESIGN -- DATA AND DESIGN -- Satellite Estimates of Deforestation -- Census Estimates of Demographic and Economic Structure -- SPATIAL SCALES AND SPATIAL CORRESPONDENCE -- PRELIMINARY FINDINGS -- FINDING ANSWERS IN THE ERRORS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- ANNEX 4-1 -- 5 Land-Use Change After Deforestation in Amazonia -- THE VALUE ADDED OF SOCIAL SCIENTISTS' INTEREST IN REMOTE SENSING ANALYSIS -- METHODS -- Levels of Analysis and Site Selection -- Study Areas -- Distribution of Research Locations -- Vegetation and Soil Inventory and Processing -- PATTERNS OF SECONDARY SUCCESSION IN AMAZONIA -- Soil Physical and Chemical Patterns in the Study Regions -- Variation in Rates of Regrowth -- Basin-Wide Patterns of Rates of Regrowth: Defining Stages of Regrowth in Amazonia -- IMPLICATIONS FOR TRAINING AND RESEARCH -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 6 Land-Use/Land-Cover and Population Dynamics, Nang Rong, Thailand -- NANG RONG, THAILAND: LABORATORY FOR STUDY -- PROJECT HISTORY -- DATA -- Social Survey Data -- Remotely Sensed Data -- RESEARCH ISSUES -- Linking People and Pixels -- Availability of Exogenous Variables -- Scale of Analysis -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 7 Validating Prehistoric and Current Social Phenomena upon the Landscape of the Peten, Guatemala -- BACKGROUND -- ARCHEOLOGICAL RESEARCH -- DEFORESTATION -- RESEARCH CHALLENGES: COLLECTING GROUND-TRUTH INFORMATION -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES.
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