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Computer Applications in Sustainable Forest Management

Including Perspectives on Collaboration and Integration

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  • © 2006

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  • Most comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of computer applications in forestry
  • Authors are internationally-recognized authorities in the subjects presented
  • First text on software for forest management to emphasize integration of computer applications
  • An unusual synthesis of perspectives, spanning computer scientists, analysts, researchers, and professional foresters

Part of the book series: Managing Forest Ecosystems (MAFE, volume 11)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Introduction

  2. Core technologies

  3. Synthetic applications

  4. Conclusions

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About this book

Computer Applications in Sustainable Forest Management presents state-of-the-art computer applications in a variety of specialty areas of forestry, including inventory, remote sensing, information management, modelling and visualization, biometrics, forest and harvest planning, bioeconomics and marketing, and decision science for management. This book emphasizes integration, or collaborative use, of computer technologies across different disciplines through interdisciplinary research and development in North America, China, and Europe. It also offers important new insights on how to continue advancing computational technologies in forest management to better achieve the basic goal of sustainable forest management. Case studies demonstrate integration of, or collaboration among, multiple computer applications for sustainable forest management.




Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA

    Guofan Shao

  • USDA Forest Service, Corvallis, USA

    Keith M. Reynolds

About the editors

Forests provide goods and services essential to human societies and the natural environment, but they are disappearing faster today than ever before. What should forestry do in the information era? How can we use computer technologies to better manage forests in a sustainable manner? Computer Applications in Sustainable Forest Management provides critical information needed for forestry professionals to address such questions.

Computer Applications in Sustainable Forest Management presents state-of-the-art computer applications in a variety of specialty areas of forestry, including inventory, remote sensing, information management, modelling and visualization, biometrics, forest and harvest planning, bioeconomics and marketing, and decision science for management. This book emphasizes integration, or collaborative use, of computer technologies across different disciplines through interdisciplinary research and development in North America, China,and Europe. It also offers important new insights on how to continue advancing computational technologies in forest management to better achieve the basic goal of sustainable forest management.

This book will be a valuable technical resource for resource managers, planners, administrators, researchers, educators, graduate students, and senior undergraduate students in the field of forestry. Case studies demonstrate integration of, or collaboration among, multiple computer applications for sustainable forest management.

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