Learn how to collect and import spatial features from the field, use web-based map tools to engage citizens, and incorporate the best available spatial data from public domain sources.
This e-book provides interactive lessons and hands-on exercises for anyone interested in applying GIS and related tools to conservation and environmental applications. The lessons in this book assume users have a basic proficiency in GIS. Through these lessons and exercises, you will explore and use applications of GIS particularly related to landscape assessment, suitability modeling, and design of alternative strategies. By engaging with the activities in this book, you will:
Know how to collect and work with spatial data from the field and public domain;
-Learn to frame and practice solving spatial environmental questions;
-Proficiently apply spatial thinking and analytical tools toward conservation and adaptation solutions
-Confidently apply spatial analyst and spatial statistics tools to compare and evaluate landscape change
-Model and synthesize potential environmental scenarios
-Design and plan strategies for adaptation to landscape change
- Subject:
- Physical Geography
- Physical Science
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Textbook
- Author:
- Janet Silbernagel
- Date Added:
- 06/07/2021
