Designing Green Landscapes

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-X

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Adaptive Design of Forested Landscapes

      • Klaus von Gadow, Tuula Nuutinen, Seppo Kellomäki

      Pages 3-30

3. Assessing the Landscape

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31

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   2. Landscape Metrics, Scales of Resolution

      • Samuel A Cushman, Kevin McGarigal

      Pages 33-51

   3. Detailed Assessment Using Remote Sensing Techniques

      • Petteri Packalén, Matti Maltamo, Timo Tokola

      Pages 53-77

   4. Assessing Landscape Attributes

      • Christoph Kätsch

      Pages 79-108

4. Numerical Analysis of Landscape Design

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109

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   2. Spatial Optimisation – Computational Methods

      • Pete Bettinger, Young-Hwan Kim

      Pages 111-135

   3. Integrating Multiple Services in the Numerical Analysis of Landscape Design

      • Timo Pukkala

      Pages 137-167

   4. Decentralized Forest Planning Models – a Cellular Automata Framework

      • Anne-Hélène Mathey, John Nelson

      Pages 169-185

   5. Coordinating Management Decisions of Neighboring Stands with Dynamic Programming

      • Howard Hoganson, Jose G. Borges, Yu Wei

      Pages 187-213

   6. Designing a Forested Landscape in Finland Under Different Climate Scenarios

      • Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo, Manfred J. Lexer, Heli Peltola, Seppo Kellomäki

      Pages 215-241

5. Computer Graphics and Visualization

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-243

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   2. Visualization in the Design of Forested Landscapes

      • André O. Falcão

      Pages 245-263

   3. Visualization in Support of Landscape Design

      • Rüdiger Mach

      Pages 265-286

While the natural resources of the earth continue to diminish, “Green Landscapes” arebeingcalleduponto produceanincreasingrangeofgoodsandservices.A Green Landscape is a rural expanse of scenery that may comprise a variety of visible f- tures. This book focuses on forested landscapes, although much of the theory and most of the practical applications are valid for any area of land. In many regions of the world, people depend on forests for their livelihood and well-being. Forests provide multiple services, – bene ts generated for society by the existence of c- tain forest ecosystems and their attributes. The value of these bene ts is often only recognised when they are lost after removal of the trees, resulting in ooding, loss of income and declining species diversity. Forests provide multiple services. However, the amount and quality, and the p- ticular mix of these services depend on the condition of the resource. Landscape design is a proven way to ensure that certain desired bene ts will be available in space and time. It provides the foundation and an essential starting point for s- tainable management. This volume, which forms part of Springer’s book series Managing Forest Ecosystems,presentsstate-of-the-artresearchresults,visionsandtheories,aswell as speci c methodsfor designing Green Landscapes, as a basis for sustainable ecos- tem management. The book contains a wealth of information which may be useful to companymanagement,the legal and policy environmentand forestry administ- tors. The volume is subdivided into four sections.

• Forest design
• Forest planning
• Landscape planning
• Optimisation
• automata
• computer graphics
• ecology
• environment
• forest
• numerical analysis
• optimization

From the reviews:

"The book presents latest research on computational techniques that support the development of management concepts for forested landscapes. … Designing Green Landscapes is written for researchers and graduate students in forest management with experience in computation. … Throughout the book, recent scientific achievements are represented on how to solve complex spatial temporal problems related to forestry." (Tobias Mette, Forstarchiv, Vol. 80 (2), 2009)

• Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany

  Klaus Gadow

• University of Joensuu, Joensuu, Finland

  Timo Pukkala

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