Environmental Remote Sensing and GIS in Tunisia

This book focuses on monitoring and assessing environmental processes in Tunisia using state-of-the-art remote sensing and GIS technologies, presenting case studies and discussing agro-environmental applications. It aims to help decision-makers plan sustainable landscape and agricultural management policies and provide methodological approaches for researchers.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 362 pages
Publication date: 14 March 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This comprehensive book delves into the forefront of monitoring and assessing diverse environmental processes in Tunisia through cutting-edge remote sensing and GIS technologies. In addition to showcasing the rich diversity of Tunisian landscapes, it offers a spatial analysis of natural, cultivated, and urbanized environments. The book presents and discusses numerous case studies highlighting integrated RS/GIS approaches for mapping, modeling, monitoring, and evaluation. Moreover, authored by esteemed experts in the field from Tunisia and other countries, the book assesses the agro-environmental applications in Tunisia and presents diverse methods and applications for environmental processes and risks, such as drought, degradation, flood, planning, yield estimation, dust storm detection, dry land vulnerability, wetland dynamics, and more. The material presented herein will serve as a valuable resource for decision-makers in devising sustainable landscape and agricultural management policies that prioritize biodiversity conservation and contribute to achieving sustainability goals. For researchers, the book offers an insightful exposure to methodological approaches employed across various fields of research. Additionally, graduate students and practicing engineers specializing in RS/GIS will greatly benefit from the book's content. The book concludes with a set of conclusions and recommendations, emphasizing the urgent need for further research in this dynamic field.

Weight: 575g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030636708
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021