Repeat photography [[electronic resource] ] : methods and applications in the natural sciences / / edited by Robert H. Webb, Diane E. Boyer, and Raymond M. Turner

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (392 p.)
• Disciplina: 577. 072/3
• Soggetto topico: Environmental monitoring; Landscape changes - Research; Nature - Effect of human beings on - Research; Repeat photography
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BoyerDiane E TurnerR. M (Raymond M.) WebbRobert H
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part I: Techniques; Chapter 1: Introduction:A Brief History of Repeat Photography; Chapter 2: Techniques of Matching and Archiving Repeat Photography Used in the Desert Laboratory Collection; Chapter 3: Virtual Repeat Photography; Chapter 4: Three Methods of Presenting Repeat Photographs; Chapter 5: Using Fixed-Point Photography, Field Surveys, and GIS to Monitor Environmental Change: An Example from Riemvasmaak, South Africa; Part II: Applications in the Geosciences ; Chapter 6: Repeat Photography of Alaskan Glaciers and Landscapes from Ground-Based Photo Stations and Airborne Platforms Chapter 7: Documenting Disappearing Glaciers: Repeat Photography at Glacier National Park, Montana; Chapter 8: Historical Arroyo Formation: Documentation of Magnitude and Timing of Historical Changes Using Repeat Photography; Chapter 9: Clear-Cutting, Reforestation, and the Coming of the Interstate: Vermont's Photographic Record of Landscape Use and Response; Part III: Applications in Population Ecology ; Chapter 10: Plant Population Fluxes in the Sonoran Desert Shown by Repeat Photography Chapter 11: Repeat Photography, Climate Change, and the Long-Term Population Dynamics of Tree Aloes in Southern Africa; Part IV: Applications in Ecosystem Change; Chapter 12: Temporal Dynamics and Spatial Variability in Desert Grassland Vegetation; Chapter 13: Disturbance and Vegetation Dynamics in the Southern Andean Region of Chile and Argentina; Chapter 14: Repeat Photography Challenges Received Wisdom on Land Degradation in the Northern Ethiopian Highlands ; Chapter 15: Cattle, Repeat Photography, and Changing Vegetation in the Victoria River District, Northern Territory, Australia Chapter 16: People, Elephants, and Habitat: Detecting a Century of Change Using Repeat Photography; Chapter 17: Repeat Photography and Low-Elevation Fire Responses in the Southwestern United States; Part V: Cultural Applications; Chapter 18: Written on the Surface of the Soil: Northwest Highland Crofting Landscapes of Scotland during the Twentieth Century; Chapter 19: Photography and Rephotography in the Cairngorms, Scotland, UK ; Chapter 20: Learning Landscape Change in Honduras: Repeat Photography and Discovery Chapter 21: Using Rephotography of Artwork to Find Historic Trails and Campsites in the Southwestern United States; Chapter 22: Persistence and Change at Mesa Verde Archaeological Sites, Southwestern Colorado, USA; Chapter 23: The Future of Repeat Photography; About the Editors; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: First developed in the 1880's, repeat photography remains an important and cost-effective technique for scientists and researchers working to track and study landscape change. This volume explores the technical and geographic scope of this important technique. Repeat Photography demonstrates the wide range of potential applications, examines new techniques for acquiring data from repeat photography, and clearly shows that repeat photography remains a valuable and cost-effective means of monitoring change in both developed and developing regions. Over 100 sets of photographs, including 32 pages
• Titolo autorizzato: Repeat photography
• ISBN: 1-61091-006-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458075903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II