Spatial modeling in forest resources management : rural livelihood and sustainable development / Pravat Kumar Shit, Hamid Reza Pourghasemi, Pulakesh Das, Gouri Sankar Bhunia, editors.

This book demonstrates the measurement, monitoring, mapping, and modeling of forest resources. It explores state-of-the-art techniques based on open-source software & R statistical programming and modeling specifically, with a focus on the recent trends in data mining/machine learning techniques...

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Other Authors: Shit, Pravat Kumar, Pourghasemi, Hamid Reza, Das, Pulakesh, Bhunia, Gouri Sankar
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]
Series:Environmental science and engineering (Springer (Firm))
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Table of Contents:
  • Forest Resources Measurement, Monitoring and Mapping
  • Application of RS-GIS-R for forest resources assessment, monitoring, and modeling
  • Assessment and measurement of forest resources for sustainable land use planning
  • Species diversity mapping and modeling
  • Afforestation
  • Soil-Water-Vegetation Relationship
  • Modeling, Risk Assessment, and Vulnerability
  • Forest biomass and carbon stock modeling
  • Remote sensing based deforestation analysis
  • Forest and habitats suitability analysis
  • Habitats and species modeling
  • Google Earth Engine and its application in forest sciences
  • Rural livelihood and Sustainable Management
  • The role of timber and non-timber forest products in poverty reduction
  • The role of communities in sustainable land and forest management
  • Open source satellite data and GIS for forest resources mapping and monitoring
  • Recent trends in forest resources management and land use planning.