Essays about: "GIS development about it role"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words GIS development about it role.

1. 1. Vegetation cover change on Tindfjöll mountains, Iceland, assessed by aerial photographs, topography, and climate

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Guðrún Guðjónsdóttir; [2022]
   Keywords : Environmental changes; High Latitudes; Physical Geography; Ecosystem sciences; GIS; Climate Change; Vegetation change; Vegetation cover; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Guðrún Guðjónsdóttir Climate change is having a great impact on the fragile High Latitude environment where warming is occurring at a rate at least double the global average. It is urgent to understand the relationship between climate and vegetation cover, which is playing an important role, as a carbon sink, for biodiversity, and for protecting against natural hazards. READ MORE

3. 2. Remote sensing analysis of land cover/use conditions of community-based wildlife conservation areas in Tanzania

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Kharid Mwakoba; [2021]
   Keywords : geography; Geographical Information Systems; GIS; remote sensing; wildlife management area; Tanzania; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Community based approaches to conservation in the developing world have generally been criticized for not meeting their goals of sustainable conservation and local development. Inadequate local participation and inequitable benefits sharing among others are some of the major concerns. READ MORE

4. 3. Decreasing organic nitrogen concentrations in European water bodies - links to organic carbon trends and land cover

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Alexis Cazorla; [2020]
   Keywords : geography; GIS; physical geography; organic nitrogen; organic carbon; land cover; eutrophication; Europe; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : European rivers experience increasing concentrations of total organic carbon (TOC) from terrestrial sources due to factors involving changes in land use, climate and soil acidity. However, low interest is given to the evolution of total organic nitrogen (TON) concentrations in surface waters, the links with TOC concentrations and the influence of the surrounding land cover on nutrient inputs. READ MORE

5. 4. Urban Growth and Environmental Risks - A GIS-Based Analysis of Landslide Susceptibility in Bukavu (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografi

   Author : Simon Paul; [2019]
   Keywords : Bukavu; Landslides; Environmental Risks; GIS; Urban Growth; Slope Inclination; Land Cover; D. R. Congo; South Kivu; Satellite Data; Digital Elevation Model;

   Abstract : The city of Bukavu, located at the eastern border of the Democratic Republic of Congo in the province of South Kivu, is a large and densely populated urban agglomeration that has experienced rapid growth during recent years. At the same time, Bukavu has been repeatedly struck by environmental hazards, especially by devastating landslides. READ MORE

6. 5. GIS och historiska förändringar i landskapet - exemplet Hjälmarsänkningen : Biskopsvrak och Lunger studerade genom en sekvens av historiska kartor

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Camilla Ståhl; [2019]
   Keywords : Landskap; GIS; Hjälmaren;

   Abstract : Sjön Hjälmaren är belägen där Örebro, Västmanlands och Södermanlands län möts. Sänkningen av denna sjö mellan 1878 och 1888 framstår som ganska spektakulär, inte minst från ett nutida perspektiv. Vattennivån sänktes med strax över en meter och nästan 20 000 hektar tidigare våt- och ängsmark kunde omvandlas för åkerbruk. READ MORE