Essays about: "svedjebruk"

Found 4 essays containing the word svedjebruk.

  1. 1. Evaluation of pixel based and object based classification methods for land cover mapping with high spatial resolution satellite imagery, in the Amazonas, Brazil

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Linnea Jonsson; [2015]
    Keywords : support vector machine; maximum likelihood; SPOT-5; classification; geography; physical geography; RBF-kernel; OBIA; multiresolution segmentation; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : In the state of Acre, Brazil, there is ongoing land use change, where inhabitants of this part of the Amazonian rainforest practice shifting agriculture. Practicing this type of agriculture is, according to the SKY Rainforest Rescue organization, damaging to forest ecosystems. READ MORE

  3. 2. Landskapets historiska utveckling vid den sörmländska gården Barksätter

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Mats Daniel Nilsson; [2015]
    Keywords : landskapshistoria; landskapsförändring; historiska kartöverlägg; Mårten Sjöbeck; Södermanland; Östra Vingåker; Barksätter; adelslandskap; säteribildning; röjningsbruk; svedjebruk; vegetationshistoria; agrarhistoria;

    Abstract : Uppsatsen är en undersökning om landskapets historiska utveckling kring den sörmländska gården Barksätter, som ligger utanför Katrineholm, och tidigare i (Östra) Vingåkers socken i Oppunda härad. Den är baserad på en modell för studier av historiska landskap av Clas Tollin (2004). READ MORE

  4. 3. Traditional housing in northern Laos : wood preferences and impact on the forest biodiversity

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Erik Kretz; [2009]
    Keywords : Laos; house constructions; tropical timber; forest; deforestation;

    Abstract : The majority of the Lao people are living in a mountainous countryside in small villages. The people depend a lot on the forest for a better livelihood. However, in the last decades many changes have occurred in rural Lao, in ways that have ruined large areas of the forest. READ MORE

  5. 4. Analysing land cover changes in the Caprivi Strip, Namibia, using Landsat TM and Spot XS imagery

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Lisa Hallgren; Anna Johansson; [1999]
    Keywords : cartography; pedology; geomorphology; physical geography; södra Afrika; parat t-test; Battacharryas separabilitetstest; skog; forest; climatology; naturgeografi; geomorfologi; marklära; kartografi; klimatologi; remote sensing; fjärranalys; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The Caprivi area, situated in the north-eastern part of Namibia, Africa, has experienced a high population increase during the latest ten years. Studies have shown that the vegetation has been influenced as the woodlands, that provide the population with timber and charcoal, have been cut down. READ MORE