Essays about: "importance of geographic areas"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 33 essays containing the words importance of geographic areas.
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16. Assessing the ability to share spatial data between emergency management organisations in the High North
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : The decreasing extent of the Arctic sea ice has opened up new areas in the High North for industrial and commercial activities. These areas contain large reserves of oil and gas, and the region is home to some of the world’s richest fishing grounds. READ MORE
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17. Automating Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis and Assessing the Methods Transferability : A Case Study Using High Resolution Geografiska SverigedataTM Orthophotos
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Samhällsbyggnad, GISAbstract : Geographic object-based image analysis (GEOBIA) is an innovative image classification technique that treats spatial features in an image as objects, rather than as pixels; thus resembling closer to that of human perception of the geographic space. However, the process of a GEOBIA application allows for multiple interpretations. READ MORE
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18. Selecting Housing Development Sites using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) : A Case Study of Guangzhou, China
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för Industriell utveckling, IT och SamhällsbyggnadAbstract : Planning is of vital importance for the development urban areas to facilitate sustainable economic growth and social functions. The traditional, manual ways of planning that depend on biophysical data and use a hierarchical approach are no longer appropriate for site choice since information is rapidly updated today. READ MORE
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19. Urban classification by pixel and object-based approaches for very high resolution imagery
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Samhällsbyggnad, GISAbstract : Recently, there is a tremendous amount of high resolution imagery that wasn’t available years ago, mainly because of the advancement of the technology in capturing such images. Most of the very high resolution (VHR) imagery comes in three bands only the red, green and blue (RGB), whereas, the importance of using such imagery in remote sensing studies has been only considered lately, despite that, there are no enough studies examining the usefulness of these imagery in urban applications. READ MORE
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20. Entreprenörskap på landsbygden : en studie om förutsättningar för företagare i Sysslebäck
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Denna kandidatuppsats är skriven inom agronomprogrammet för landsbygdsutveckling. Syftet är att undersöka vilka möjligheter respektive hinder det finns för företagande i Sysslebäck samt på vilket sätt entreprenörerna, genom sina företag, bidrar till en levande landsbygd. READ MORE