Remote Sensing of African Mountains

Geospatial Tools Toward Sustainability

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

AvSamuel Adelabu,Abel Ramoelo,Adeyemi Olusola,Efosa Adagbasa

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This edited volume focuses on the use of remote sensing techniques to assess and monitor mountainous ecosystems in Africa, with a focus on tracking changes related to climate change and human activity.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-08-31
Mått155 x 235 x 21 mm
Vikt576 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor247
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783031048548

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Prof. Samuel Adelabu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of the Free State, South Africa. Prof. Abel Ramoelo is the Director of the Centre for Environmental Studies, and Associate Professor at the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria. He is also a research fellow at Department of Geography at the University of the Free State, South Africa Dr. Adeyemi Olusola is a Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Geography, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa and Lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Dr. Efosa Adagbasa is a Lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University of the Free State, South Africa.

Chapter1. Montane grasslands: Biomass estimations using remote sensing techniques and knowledge gap in Africa.- Chapter2. Unravelling regional Geodiversity: a GRID-MAPPING Approach to QUANTIFY GEODIVERSITY in the uThukela District, KwaZulu-Natal.- Chapter3. Monitoring the wildfire activity and ecosystem response on Mt. Kilimanjaro using Earth Observation data and GIS.- Chapter4. Ecological Vulnerability Assessment to Grassland Fires in a Protected Mountainous Area Using Remote Sensing and GIS.- Chapter5. Natural hazards magnitude, vulnerability and recovery strategies in the Rwenzori Mountains, Southwestern Uganda.- Chapter6. Assessing the Vulnerability of the Eastern Africa Highlands’ Soils to Rainfall Erosivity.- Chapter7. Development of Lightning Hazard Map for Fire Danger Assessment over Mountainous Protected Area using Geospatial Technology.- Chapter8. Water resources monitoring over the Atlas Mountains in Morocco using satellite observations and Reanalysis data.- Chapter9. Evaluating Settlement Development Change, Pre, and Post-1994 in the Drakensberg Mountains of Afromontane Region, South Africa.- Chapter10. Digital Soil Mapping for hydropedological purposes of the Cathedral Peak research catchments, South Africa.- Chapter11. Effect of Climate Variability and Change on Land Suitability for Irish Potato Production in Kigezi Highlands of Uganda.