Modelling Environmental Dynamics: Advances in Geomatic Solutions (Environmental Science and Engineering) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540684891 ISBN 13: 9783540684893

Publisher: Springer, 2008

Synopsis

Modelling environmental dynamics is critical to understanding and predicting the evolution of the environment in response to the large number of influences including urbanisation, climate change and deforestation. Simulation and modelling provide support for decision making in environmental management. The first chapter introduces terminology and provides an overview of methodological modelling approaches which may be applied to environmental and complex dynamics. Based on this introduction this book illustrates various models applied to a large variety of themes: deforestation in tropical regions, fire risk, natural reforestation in European mountains, agriculture, biodiversity, urbanism, climate change and land management for decision support, etc. These case studies, provided by a large international spectrum of researchers and presented in a uniform structure, focus particularly on methods and model validation so that this book is not only aimed at researchers and graduates but also at professionals.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540684891
• ISBN 13: 9783540684893
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 412
• Editor: Paegelow Martin, Camacho Olmedo María Teresa