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.
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, National Research Council
1 Front Matter; 2 1 Linking Remote Sensing and Social Science: The Need and the Challenges; 3 2 A Brief History of Remote Sensing Applications, with Emphasis on Landsat; 4 3 'Socializing the Pixel' and 'Pixelizing the Social' in Land-Use and Land-Cover Change; 5 4 Linking Satellite, Census, and Survey Data to Study Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon; 6 5 Land-Use Change After Deforestation in Amazonia; 7 6 Land-Use/Land-Cover and Population Dynamics, Nang Rong, Thailand; 8 7 Validating Prehistoric and Current Social Phenomena upon the Landscape of the Peten, Guatemala; 9 8 Extraction and Modeling of Urban Attributes Using Remote Sensing Technology; 10 9 Social Science and Remote Sensing in Famine Early Warning; 11 10 Health Applications of Remote Sensing and Climate Modeling; 12 Appendix A; 13 Appendix B; 14 Biographical Sketches of Contributors and Editors; 15 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
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Life Sciences, Committee on Metagenomics: Challenges and Functional Applications
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Institute of Medicine, and Families Board on Children, Youth, Steve Olson
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Committee on Animal Nutrition, Subcommittee on Dog and Cat Nutrition
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, and Statistical Sciences Committee on AIDS Research and the Behavioral, Social, Lincoln E. Moses, Heather G. Miller, Charles F. Turner
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Environment and Resources Commission on Geosciences, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Committee to Review the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program, Ecology Panel
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Committee on Alternative Chemical Demilitarization Technologies
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Environment and Resources Commission on Geosciences, Panel on Effects of Past Global Change on Life
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Environmental Change and Society, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Daniel Druckman, Oran R. Young, Paul C. Stern
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Environmental Change and Society, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, James L. Sweeney, Robert H. Socolow, Vernon W. Ruttan, Thomas Dietz, Paul C. Stern
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Panel on Strategies and Methods for Climate-Related Decision Support
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Panel on Socioeconomic Scenarios for Climate Change Research and Assessment
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, and International Studies Center for Economic, Governance, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Panel to Review CCSP Draft Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.3: Decision-Support Experiments and Evaluations Using Seasonal to Interannual Forecasts and Observational Data
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, and International Studies Center for Economics, Governance, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Panel on New Research on Population and the Environment, Paul C. Stern, Barbara Entwisle
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Panel on Confidentiality Issues Arising from the Integration of Remotely Sensed and Self-Identifying Data, Paul C. Stern, Myron P. Gutmann
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Paul C. Stern, Thomas Dietz
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, and Adaptation Assessment Subcommittee for a Workshop on New Directions in Vulnerability, Impacts, Jennifer F. Brewer
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Panel on Public Participation in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making, Paul C. Stern, Thomas Dietz