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People and Pixels : Linking Remote Sensing and Social Science, Paperback / softback Book

People and Pixels : Linking Remote Sensing and Social Science Paperback / softback

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Space-based sensors are giving us an ever-closer and more comprehensive look at the earth's surface; they also have the potential to tell us about human activity.

This volume examines the possibilities for using remote sensing technology to improve understanding of social processes and human-environment interactions.

Examples include deforestation and regrowth in Brazil, population-environment interactions in Thailand, ancient and modern rural development in Guatemala, and urbanization in the United States, as well as early warnings of famine and disease outbreaks.

The book also provides information on current sources of remotely sensed data and metadata and discusses what is involved in establishing effective collaborative efforts between scientists working with remote sensing technology and those working on social and environmental issues. Table of ContentsFront Matter1 Linking Remote Sensing and Social Science: The Need and theChallenges2 A Brief History of Remote Sensing Applications, with Emphasis onLandsat3 'Socializing the Pixel' and 'Pixelizing the Social' in Land-Useand Land-Cover Change4 Linking Satellite, Census, and Survey Data to Study Deforestationin the Brazilian Amazon5 Land-Use Change After Deforestation in Amazonia6 Land-Use/Land-Cover and Population Dynamics, Nang Rong, Thailand7 Validating Prehistoric and Current Social Phenomena upon theLandscape of the Peten, Guatemala8 Extraction and Modeling of Urban Attributes Using Remote SensingTechnology9 Social Science and Remote Sensing in Famine Early Warning10 Health Applications of Remote Sensing and Climate ModelingAppendix AAppendix BBiographical Sketches of Contributors and EditorsPlates 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 8-1, 8-2, 8-3, and10-1

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