Institute of British Geographers

View Larger
Image

Vegetation Mapping: From Patch to Planet

Institute of British Geographers; Roy Alexander; Andrew Millington; Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) Biogeography Research Group

Vegetation Mapping Edited by Roy Alexander Environment Research Group, Department of Geography, Chester College, UK and Andrew C. Millington Department of Geography, University of Leicester, UK The past decade has witnessed a resurgence of interest and activity in the mapping of vegetation that has been driven by the needs of environmental modellers and policy makers on the one hand and by the increased availability of data sets and sophisticated tools for their handling and analysis on the other. This increased activity, together with the greater variety of purposes for which vegetation maps are being produced, has led to a divergence of approaches, a wider range of entities being mapped and a more varied audience of end users. Over the same time period the researcher interested in vegetation mapping has had to consult an ever-broadening range of sources in order to keep abreast of developments in the field. This book seeks to provide a review of recent developments in vegetation mapping and the purposes for which it is carried out by bringing together a series of case studies covering techniques and their applications at a range of spatial scales. The work included covers scales of enquiry from the quadrat to the biome, studies based on data gathered from ground, air and space, and applications of mapping in temperate, semi arid and tropical environments. Issues involved in the use of data sets from different sources, the recognition and handling of error and the effects of scale are also given detailed consideration. The volume concludes with a review of contemporary approaches to vegetation mapping and the identification of some key research questions. Vegetation Mapping will thus serve as a collected source of reference on techniques and approaches for the researcher while providing a rich variety of case study and methodological information for postgraduate students and undergraduates following specialist courses.

More About this Book

View Larger
Image

Modern Transport Geography

Institute of British Geographers; Hoyle; Richard Knowles; Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) Transport Geography Researc

This book should be in the library of every transportation researcher. Ronald Sheck Intermodal and guideway research program director, Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of Florida There is no escape from transport. By sea, air, road or rail, we rely on transport to connect individuals, businesses and cities. At a time when deregulation and privatization are becoming global trends and concerns grow about sustainability, what is the future of transport for the 21st Century? The best-selling first edition of Moderñ Transport Geography provided a topical transport textbook, based on geographical theory and focused on contemporary issues. This new, expanded, updated and revised edition builds on the strengths of the earlier text by taking a more international and global perspective. The book brings together an unparalleled range of contributors, reflecting the international expertise of the Transport Research Groups of both the Royal Geographical Society and the Association of American Geographers. Modern Transport Geography takes a principles and practice approach which enables students to develop their own ideas on the basis of the contextual, analytical and case material provided. from reviews of Edition I This book has all the ingredients of a successful textbook… The presentation is both stimulating and thought provoking. There is a lot of up to date information on current and case studies from all parts of the world. And, finally, there are plenty of references for further reading. What more could one ask? Journal of Environment and Planning A Geography / Transport Studies / Planning / Social Science Contents

• Transport Geography: an Introduction
• Transport and Development: Conceptual Frameworks
• The Role of Transport in the Development Process: Case Studies from Québec, Indonesia, Zimbabwe and China
• Transport Deregulation and Privatization
• Transport and the Environment
• Urban Travel Patterns
• Urban Transport Problems and Solution
• Inter-Urban Transport
• Rural Areas: the Accessibility Problem
• Transport for Recreation and Tourism
• Ships, Ports and Bulk Freight Transport
• Intermodal Transportation
• International Surface Passenger Transport
• International Air Transport
• Sustainability of Transport

More About this Book

Other editions: Hardcover - 1992, Softcover - 1992

View Larger
Image

Feminist Geographies: Explorations in Diversity and Difference

Institute of British Geographers; Women and Geography Study Group of the Royal Geographical Society

More About this Book

Transport and Economic Development in New Central and Eastern Europe

Institute of British Geographers; Derek R. Hall

More About this Book

Other editions: Hardcover - 1993

Traffic Congestion: Is There a Way Out

Institute of British Geographers; J. Whitelegg

More About this Book

France Et Grande-Bretagne Rurales: Rural France and Great Britain

Institute of British Geographers; Comite national francais de geographie

More About this Book

Short-Sea Crossings and the Channel Tunnel: Papers Presented to the Transport Geography Study Group Symposium at the Annual Conference of the Institute of British Geographers, Portsmouth Polytechnic, January 1987

Institute of British Geographers; R. S. Tolley; B.J. Turton

More About this Book

The Industrialization of the Countryside

Institute of British Geographers; Michael Healey; Brian W. Ilbery

More About this Book

Register of Research in Historical Geography, 1984

Institute of British Geographers; Kathleen A. Whyte

More About this Book

A Gazetteer of English Urban Fire Disasters, 1500-1900

Institute of British Geographers; E.L. Jones; M. Turner; S. Porter

More About this Book

Studies in Quaternary Geomorphology: Proceedings of the VIth British-Polish Seminar

Institute of British Geographers; David J. Briggs; Polska Akademia Nauk; University of Sheffield; R. S. Waters

More About this Book

Town and Country in the Development of Early Modern Western Europe

Institute of British Geographers; John Langton; Goran Hoppe

More About this Book

Urban and Regional Industrial Research: The Changing UK Data Base

Institute of British Geographers; Michael Healey

More About this Book

The Changing Geography of the United Kingdom

Institute of British Geographers; R.J. Johnston; John Charles Doornkamp

More About this Book

Valued Environments

Institute of British Geographers; John Robert Gold; Jacquelin A. Burgess

More About this Book

Teaching and Learning Geography in Higher Education: An Annotated Bibliography

Institute of British Geographers; David Spencer; Ralph E. Hebden

More About this Book

The Study and Use of British Woodlands: University of Nottingham (Cavendish Hall), 10th-12th July, 1981 Conference Proceedings

Institute of British Geographers; C. Watkins; P. T. Wheeler

More About this Book

Spatial Dimensions of Public Policy

Institute of British Geographers; J. T. Coppock; W. R. Derrick Sewell

More About this Book

Social Patterns in Cities

Institute of British Geographers

More About this Book

The Retail Structure of Cities

Institute of British Geographers

More About this Book