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Analyzing the urban-wildland interface with GIS: Two case studies
| Author: |
Greenberg, J.D.; Bradley, G.A. |
| Date: |
1997 |
| Periodical: |
Journal of Forestry |
| Abstract: |
The concern over forest health, already well established in forestry, currently manifests itself in debates over the most appropriate way to manage forests in the Pacific Northwest. How management objectives affect forest structure and function is of primary importance (Thomas 1994). Where human settlement has occurred, concern focuses on the character and condition of the residual forest stand (Bradley 1984). At the landscape scale the arrangement of forests and other vegetation can be used to infer ecological processes (Turner 1989). How can geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing technology help identify patterns along an urban-wildland gradient, and what are the implications of the patterns they reveal? |
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