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1 online resource (viii, 244 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change. Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. National Research Council. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
1. Linking Remote Sensing and Social Science: The Need and the Challenges / Ronald R. Rindfuss and Paul C. Stern -- 2. A Brief History of Remote Sensing Applications, with Emphasis on Landsat / Stanley A. Morain -- 3. "Socializing the Pixel" and "Pixelizing the Social" in Land-Use and Land-Cover Change / Jacqueline Geoghegan, Lowell Pritchard, Jr. and Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger [and others] -- 4. Linking Satellite, Census, and Survey Data to Study Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon / Charles H. Wood and David Skole -- 5. Land-Use Change After Deforestation in Amazonia / Emilio F. Moran and Eduardo Brondizio -- 6. Land-Use/Land-Cover and Population Dynamics, Nang Rong, Thailand / Barbara Enwistle, Stephen J. Walsh and Ronald R. Rindfuss [and others] -- 7. Validating Prehistoric and Current Social Phenomena upon the Landscape of the Peten, Guatemala / Thomas L. Sever -- 8. Extraction and Modeling of Urban Attributes Using Remote Sensing Technology / David J. Cowen and John R. Jensen -- 9. Social Science and Remote Sensing in Famine Early Warning / Charles F. Hutchinson -- 10. Health Applications of Remote Sensing and Climate Modeling / Paul R. Epstein -- App. A. An Annotated Guide to Earth Remote Sensing Data and Information Resources for Social Science Applications / Robert S. Chen -- App. B: Glossary / Mark Patterson. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Land use -- Remote sensing.
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Land use -- Remote sensing. |
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Land use. |
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Social sciences -- Methodology.
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Social sciences -- Methodology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Liverman, Diana M.
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National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: People and pixels. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1998 0309064082 (DLC) 98008945 (OCoLC)38431011 |
| ISBN |
0585027889 (electronic book) |
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9780585027883 (electronic book) |
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0309064082 |
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9780309064088 (paperback) |
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