Essays about: "community GIS"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 50 essays containing the words community GIS.

1. 6. Mining geosocial data from Flickr to explore tourism patterns: The case study of Athens

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Domna Kanari; [2021]
   Keywords : Geography; Geographical Information Systems; GIS; Spatial Analysis; Spatial Clustering; Density-Based Clustering; HDBSCAN; Web-GIS; Tourism footprints; Social Media data; Geosocial data; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Kanari Domna Mining geosocial data from Flickr to explore tourism patterns: The case study of Athens Social media are providing a new type of geo-tagged data that by processing them, new types of knowledge can be generated and used by decision-makers in different areas including tourism. It includes e.g. READ MORE

3. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. Interactive Local Driller Mapping for Different Hydrogeological Areas of Bangladesh : Enabling Access to Information

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Celina Ankarstig; Victoria Berggren; [2020]
   Keywords : Bangladesh; Arsenic; GIS; Driller; Drinking Water; Visualization; Interactive Map; Bangladesh; Arsenik; GIS; Brunnsborrare; Dricksvatten; Visualisering; Interaktiv karta;

   Abstract : Exposure to arsenic in drinking water can cause several types of cancer and numerous cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. A country that suffers from widespread contamination of arsenic in drinking water is Bangladesh, where the contamination has been classified as the largest mass poisoning of a population in history. READ MORE

6. 10. “you can almost pretend you’re not in the city”. A discursive map of urban nature in Malmö.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Haikku Arosuo; [2020]
   Keywords : Malmö; urban nature; discursive mapping; social construction of nature; representations of nature; urban green space; urban blue space; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This paper departs from the notion that urban green and blue spaces provide health benefits by aiming to map other meanings of urban nature in Malmö. These meanings are explored from the perspectives of 1) how urban nature is defined by people in Malmö, 2) which functions urban nature is said to have, 3) what kinds of emotional connections to urban nature are presented, and 4) which kinds of values are attributed to urban nature. READ MORE