ABSTRACT
This is a comprehensive resource that integrates the application of innovative remote sensing techniques and geospatial tools in modeling Earth systems for environmental management beyond customary digitization and mapping practices. It identifies the most suitable approaches for a specific environmental problem, emphasizes the importance of physically based modeling, their uncertainty analysis, advantages, and disadvantages. The case studies on the Himalayas with a complex topography call for innovation in geospatial techniques to find solutions for various environmental problems.
Features:
- Presents innovative geospatial methods in environmental modeling of Earth systems.
- Includes case studies from South Asia and discusses different processes and outcomes using spatially explicit models.
- Explains contemporary environmental problems through the analysis of various information layers.
- Provides good practices for developing countries to help manage environmental issues using low-cost geospatial approaches.
- Integrates geospatial modeling with policy and analysis its direct implication in decision making.
Using a systems’ approach analysis, Geospatial Modeling for Environmental Management: Case Studies from South Asia shall serve environmental managers, students, researchers, and policymakers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part A|109 pages
Geospatial Modeling in Hydrological Studies
chapter 2|17 pages
Estimation of Parameters in Ungauged Catchment Using Map-Correlation Method
chapter 3|21 pages
Soil and Water Assessment Tool for Simulating the Sediment and Water Yield of Alpine Catchments
part B|62 pages
Geospatial Modeling in Landslide Studies
chapter 6|13 pages
Geospatial Modeling in Landslide Hazard Assessment
chapter 7|30 pages
Causes, Consequences, and Mitigation of Landslides in the Himalayas
part C|86 pages
Geospatial Modeling for Climate Change Studies
part D|63 pages
Geospatial Modeling in Change Dynamics Studies
chapter 15|27 pages
Dynamics of Forest Cover Changes in Hindu Kush-Himalayan Mountains Using Remote Sensing
chapter 16|13 pages
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System for Evaluating the Changes in Earth System Dynamics
part E|41 pages
Geospatial Modeling in Policy and Decision-Making