Global changes and natural disaster management : geo-information technologies /: geo-information technologies. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Saied Pirasteh, Jonathan Li, editors.
• Editors: Pirasteh, Saied; Li, Jonathan
• Other Names: GiT4NDM (Conference), 7th; EOGC (Conference), 5th
• Contents: Preface; Contents; Contributors; Land Use and Land Cover Change; 1 Examining the Effect of Land Use on the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Urban Temperature in an Industrial City: A Landsat Imagery Analysis; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Study Area; 3 Methodology; 3.1 Retrieval of Land Surface Temperature (LST); 4 Results and Discussion; 5 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 2 The Study of Multi-temporal Analysis of Urban Development and Environmental Changes of the City of Abu Dhabi; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Study Area and Data Description; 3 Methodology. 3.1 Geometric Correction and Mosaicking3.2 Vegetation Analysis; 3.3 Urban Expansion Analysis; 3.4 Classification; 4 Results and Discussion; 4.1 Vegetation Analysis; 4.2 Urban Expansion; 4.3 Classification; 4.4 Relating the Plots; 5 Conclusion; References; 3 CRF-Based Simultaneous Segmentation and Classification of High-Resolution Satellite Images; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Related Work; 3 CRF-Based Image Classification Method; 3.1 Features Calculation; 3.1.1 SIFT Descriptor; 3.1.2 Color-SIFT Descriptor; 3.1.3 LBP Feature; 3.1.4 Texton Feature; 3.2 Mean Shift Image Segmentation. 3.3 Potential Function3.3.1 Unary Potential; 3.3.2 Pairwise Potential; 3.3.3 Region Consistency Potential; 3.4 Graph Cut; 4 Results and Discussion; 5 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 4 The Dynamic of Dike-Pond System in the Pearl River Delta During 1964-2012; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Study Area; 3 Methodology; 3.1 Overview of Workflow; 3.2 Remote Sensing Data and Data Preprocess; 3.3 Object-Oriented Classification; 4 Results and Discussion; 4.1 Analysis of the Area of Dike-Pond Patches and Dynamic Change Trends; 4.2 The Dynamic Transfer of Dike-Pond Land. 4.3 Analysis of Interactions Between Dike-Pond Land and Developed Land5 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Agriculture Monitoring; 5 Effects of Irrigation and Nitrogen on Maize Growth and Yield Components; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Materials and Methods; 2.1 Experimental Sites; 2.2 Experimental Design; 2.3 Measurements; 2.4 Statistical Analysis; 3 Results and Discussion; 3.1 Plant Height; 3.2 Crop Growth Rate; 3.3 Yield and Its Components; 3.4 Water Use Efficiency and Harvest Index; 3.5 Population Physiological Indices; 4 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References. 6 A Review of the Effects of Drought on the Grain Yield in the Vays, Mollasani, and Salamat Regions of the Khuzestan ProvinceAbstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Materials and Methods; 2.1 Characteristics of the Study Area; 2.2 The General Steps of the Project; 2.2.1 The Use of SPI Index to Evaluate the Phenomena of Drought in the Region; 2.2.2 The Use of Satellite Images to Extract Useful Data; 2.2.3 The Use of GIS for Spatial Data Analysis; 3 Conclusion; References; Smart City; 7 Communicating Disaster Risk Reduction Through Web-Map Applications; Abstract; 1 Introduction.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 228 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 910.285; Earth sciences; Geographic information systems -- Congresses; City planning -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses; Climatic changes -- Congresses; Emergency management -- Congresses; Geology; Physical geography; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; SCIENCE -- Global Warming & Climate Change; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development; City planning -- Environmental aspects; Climatic changes; Emergency management; Geographic information systems; Technology & Engineering -- Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems; Science -- Geophysics; Science -- Earth Sciences -- General; Geographical information systems (GIS) & remote sensing; Geophysics; Economic geology; Nature -- Natural Disasters; Natural disasters; Earth Sciences; Natural Hazards; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry; Geophysics/Geodesy; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319518442; 3319518445
• Related ISBNs: 9783319518435; 3319518437
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 29, 2017).
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