Mapping and Forecasting Land Use
Pereira, Paulo (Professor, Environmental Management Center, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania) / Gomes, Eduardo (Centre of Geographical Studies, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, 1600-276, Lisbon, Portugal, and Associated Laboratory TERRA, Lisbon, Portugal) / Rocha, Jorge (Assistant Professor, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Researcher, Centre of Geographical Studies, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal)
Mapping and Forecasting Land Use: The Present and Future of Planning is a comprehensive reference on the use of technologies to map land use, focusing on GIS and remote sensing applications and methodologies for land use monitoring. The book addresses transversal topics such as urbanization, biodiversity loss, climate change, ecosystem services, and participatory planning, with pros and cons of a variety of aerial technologies in mapping and l...