Terrain Evaluation

2. New Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-41867-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 460 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and Francis, an informa company.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mitchell, Colin W.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Allgemeines, Karten & Atlanten
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I: Principles of terrain evaluation; 1: What is terrain evaluation?; 2: Principles of physical regionalization; 3: Types of physical regionalization; 4: Parametric and physiographic systems of terrain evaluation; 5: The terrain hierarchy; II: Terrain data requirements; 6: The geomorphological framework; 7: Terrain processes affecting land uses; 8: Vegetation in terrain evaluation; III: Collection and analysis of terrain data; 9: Project planning; 10: Remote sensing: principles; 11: Remote sensing: applications; 12: Landscape sampling and statistical analysis; 13: Field techniques; 14: Data processing and geographical information systems: principles; 15: Data processing and geographical information systems: methods; IV: Display, reporting and mapping of terrain data; 16: Geomorphological and terrain mapping; 17: Computer cartography; V: Applications of terrain evaluation; 18: Terrain analysis in meteorology and climatology; 19: Terrain factors in hydrology; 20: Terrain evaluation in geological and mineral survey; 21: Terrain evaluation in soil survey; 22: Terrain evaluation in archaeology; 23: Agriculture, range and forestry: land suitability and land use evaluation; 24: Terrain evaluation in civil engineering; 25: Systems for military purposes; 26: Terrain in landscape resource evaluation; 27: The future

Über Autor(innen)

Colin W. Mitchell