Remote Sensing for Environmental Data in Albania

by Buchroithner, Manfred F.

• ISBN13: 9780792365280
• ISBN10: 0792365283
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

A comprehensive source book for anybody interested in the potential of remote sensing and GIS technology for the Eastern Europe countries in transition, and less developed countries in general. Leading experts from Europe, Canada and the USA cover a wide variety of applications, from the provision of satellite data to land, water and atmosphere planning issues. The individual contributions present a nice balance between theory and proved application methods. The book is suitable for a wide spectrum of readers, such as graduate students of the environmental and geo sciences, teachers and professors, specialists at various administrative levels, political decision makers and policy makers, and technical aid GOs and NGOs.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgements	ix
Opening Address	1	(6)
Dr. Alfred Moisiu
Opening Address	7	(2)
Dr. Myslym Pasha
Opening Address	9	(4)
Dr. Ergjin Samimi
Environmental Problems of Albania	13	(18)
Perikli Qiriazi
Skender Sala
Availability of Current Spaceborne Earth Observation Data	31	(10)
Wolfgang Baetz
Mapping from Space	41	(18)
Gottfried Konecny
WWW Information Services for Earth Observation and Environmental Information	59	(6)
Nina D. Costa
Michel Millot
Clive Best
Berndt Eckhard
Map Making with Remote Sensing Data	65	(24)
Thierry Toutin
Land Cover - Land Use Mapping within the European CORINE Programme	89	(12)
George Buttner
C. Steenmans
M. Bossard
J. Feranec
J. Kolar
Computer-assisted Large Area Land Use Classification with Optical Remote Sensing	101	(26)
Nikolas Prechtel
Experiences with the Implementation of GIS and Remote Sensing in the Czech Forest Management	127	(6)
Tomas Benes
Resource Assessments and Land Degradation Monitoring with Earth Observation Satellites	133	(20)
Joachim Hill
Coastal Zone Geomorphological Mapping Using Landsat TM Imagery: An Application in Central Albania	153	(12)
Paolo Ciavola
U. Tessari
F. Mantovani
M. Marzotto
U. Simeoni
Snow Runoff Models Using Remotely Sensed Data	165	(14)
Eberhard Parlow
GIS and Spatial Databases for Land Mine Mapping	179	(8)
Helmut Kraenzle
Infrastructure Requirements for Non-motorised Transport Roads and Streets for Animal-based Transportation	187	(24)
Eve Iversen
Potentials and Limitations of Technology Transfer in the Development Co-operation, Shown for the Transfer of Information Technology Appropriate Information Technology Transfer: A Contribution to Development	211	(10)
Gerhard Bechthold
Berthold Hansmann
Manifesto of Tirana - Resolution of NATO Remote Sensing & GIS Workshop 1999	221	(2)
List of Speakers	223	(4)
Appendix	227	(14)
Subject Index	241