People and Pixels:

Linking Remote Sensing and Social Science

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Size: 256 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1998

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Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, National Research Council
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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 ...
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Front Matter	i-x
1 Linking Remote Sensing and Social Science: The Need and the Challenges	1-27	(skim)
2 A Brief History of Remote Sensing Applications, with Emphasis on Landsat	28-50	(skim)
3 'Socializing the Pixel' and 'Pixelizing the Social' in Land-Use and Land-Cover Change	51-69	(skim)
4 Linking Satellite, Census, and Survey Data to Study Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon	70-93	(skim)
5 Land-Use Change After Deforestation in Amazonia	94-120	(skim)
6 Land-Use/Land-Cover and Population Dynamics, Nang Rong, Thailand	121-144	(skim)
7 Validating Prehistoric and Current Social Phenomena upon the Landscape of the Peten, Guatemala	145-163	(skim)
8 Extraction and Modeling of Urban Attributes Using Remote Sensing Technology	164-188	(skim)
9 Social Science and Remote Sensing in Famine Early Warning	189-196	(skim)
10 Health Applications of Remote Sensing and Climate Modeling	197-208	(skim)
Appendix A	209-228	(skim)
Appendix B	229-236	(skim)
Biographical Sketches of Contributors and Editors	237-244	(skim)
Plates 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 8-1, 8-2, 8-3, and 10-1	245-256	(skim)

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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.

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Linking Remote Sensing and Social Science

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