Remote Sensing for Hazard Monitoring and Disaster Assessment: Marine and Coastal Applications in the Mediterranean Region: 2 (Classics of Soviet Mathematics,) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 2881248098 ISBN 13: 9782881248092

Publisher: CRC Press, 1991

Synopsis

Concern for environment hazards, plus the real or potential disasters they may prompt, is growing fast as populations and living standards rise. Fortunately, at the same time both the science and technology of space-based mapping and monitoring of our terrestrial environment are maturing fast. This book explores the principles and practices of environmental remote sensing, especially the techniques available for data processing, interpretation and analysis. The applicability of remotely sensed data to marine and coastal hazard monitoring and disaster assessment is described and discussed with special reference to problems endemic to he Mediterranean region, including earthquakes, vulcanicity, soil erosion and degradation, vegetation and crop damage, severe weather phenomena, marine conditions, and air and water pollution. This book will be of particular interest to graduate students, scientists and technical officers involved in environmental protection and management, and to national international relief agencies, both in the Mediterranean region itself and elsewhere.

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Eric C Barrett

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2881248098
• ISBN 13: 9782881248092
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 266
• Editor: Barrett Eric C, Brown Krystyna A., Micallef Anton