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Use of Landscape Sciences for the Assessment of Environmental Security
. Ed(S): Petrosillo, Irene; Muller, Felix; Jones, K. Bruce (Us Environmental Protection Agency); Zurlini, Giovanni; Krauze, Kinga; Victorov, Sergey;
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Paperback. Results of the NATO/CCMS Pilot Study on the Use of Landscape Sciences for Environmental Assessment, 2001-2006 Editor(s): Petrosillo, Irene; Muller, Felix; Jones, K. Bruce (US Environmental Protection Agency); Zurlini, Giovanni; Krauze, Kinga; Victorov, Sergey; Li, Bai-Lian; Kepner, William G. Series: NATO Security Through Science Series C (Closed):. Num Pages: 509 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RN; RP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1570.
The assessment of land use and land cover is an important activity for cont- porary land management. Human land-use practices are the most significant factors influencing environmental management at local, regional, national, and global scales. In the past, environmental policies have often reflected a reactive response to environmental perturbations with management efforts focused on short-term, local-scale problems such as pollutant abatement. Currently, environmental management philosophy is evolving toward examination of critical environmental problems over larger spatial scales and assessment of the cumulative risk resulting from multiple problem sources. Today’s environmental managers, urban planners, and decision-makers are increasingly expected to examine ... Read more
The assessment of land use and land cover is an important activity for cont- porary land management. Human land-use practices are the most significant factors influencing environmental management at local, regional, national, and global scales. In the past, environmental policies have often reflected a reactive response to environmental perturbations with management efforts focused on short-term, local-scale problems such as pollutant abatement. Currently, environmental management philosophy is evolving toward examination of critical environmental problems over larger spatial scales and assessment of the cumulative risk resulting from multiple problem sources. Today’s environmental managers, urban planners, and decision-makers are increasingly expected to examine ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
509
Condition
New
Series
NATO Security Through Science Series C (Closed):
Number of Pages
497
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402065897
SKU
V9781402065897
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