Use of Landscape Sciences for the Assessment of Environmental Security

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Petrosillo, Irene (Editor), Müller, Felix (Editor), Jones, K. Bruce (Editor), Zurlini, Giovanni (Editor), Krauze, Kinga (Editor), Victorov, Sergey (Editor), Li, Bai-Lian (Editor), Kepner, William G. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Landscape ecology.; Environmental management.; Nature conservation.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Life Sciences.; Landscape Ecology.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Environmental Management.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Nature Conservation.

The assessment of land use and land cover is an important activity for cont- porary land management. Human land-use practices are the most significant factors influencing environmental management at local, regional, national, and global scales. In the past, environmental policies have often reflecte...