Linking Remote-sensing Technology and Global Needs: A Strategic Vision
Title | Linking Remote-sensing Technology and Global Needs: A Strategic Vision PDF eBook |
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Total Pages | 32 |
Release | 1987 |
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Linking Remote-sensing Technology and Global Needs: Executive summary
Title | Linking Remote-sensing Technology and Global Needs: Executive summary PDF eBook |
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Total Pages | 40 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Remote sensing |
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Linking Remote-sensing Technology and Global Needs: Report
Title | Linking Remote-sensing Technology and Global Needs: Report PDF eBook |
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Total Pages | 108 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Remote sensing |
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Leadership in Environmental Remote Sensing Research
Title | Leadership in Environmental Remote Sensing Research PDF eBook |
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Total Pages | 24 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Leadership |
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Long-term Future of the Landsat System
Title | Long-term Future of the Landsat System PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment |
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Total Pages | 224 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Landsat satellites |
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International Geographic Information Systems (IGIS) Symposium
Title | International Geographic Information Systems (IGIS) Symposium PDF eBook |
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Total Pages | 400 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Cartography |
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Ecological Indicators
Title | Ecological Indicators PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel H. McKenzie |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 858 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1461546591 |
Today environmental problems of unprecedented magnitude confront planet earth. The sobering fact is that a whole range of human activities is affecting our global environment as profoundly as the billions of years of evolution that preceded our tenure on Earth. The pressure on vital natural resources in the developing world and elsewhere is intense, and the destruction of tropical forests, wildlife habitat, and other irreplaceable resources, is alarming. Climate change, ozone depletion, loss of genetic diversity, and marine pollution are critical global environmental concerns. Their cumulative impact threatens to destroy the planet's natural resources. The need to address this situation is urgent. More than at any previous moment in history, nature and ecological systems are in human hands, dependent on human efforts. The earth is an interconnected and interdependent global ecosystem, and change in one part of the system often causes unexpected change in other parts. Atmospheric, oceanic, wetland, terrestrial and other ecological systems have a finite capacity to absorb the environmental degradation caused by human behavior. The need for an environmentally sound, sustainable economy to ease this degradation is evident and urgent. Policies designed to stimulate economic development by foregoing pollution controls both destroy the long-term economy and ravage the environment. Over the years, we have sometimes drawn artificial distinctions between the health of individuals and the health of ecosystems. But in the real world, those distinctions do not exist.