Spatial Science and Its Traditions -- Literature Reviews -- Research Questions -- Data and Methods in Spatial Science -- Graduate Degree Proposals -- Grants and Grant Writing -- Disseminating Research -- Reflections on Proposal Writing in Spatial Science -- Model Proposals -- Thesis I: Human Systems-Qualitative -- Thesis II: Human Systems -- Dissertation I: Human Systems -- Dissertation II: Geo…
Global and general perspectives on the Convention on Biological Diversity -- Global Conservation of Biodiversity from an Economic Point of View -- Financial support for biodiversity protection in developing countries — does the CBD mechanism lead to an appropriate level of biodiversity protection? -- The Cartagena Protocol: trade related measures as a means to protect biological diversity fro…
Importance of Tropical Forests -- Characteristics of Tropical Forests -- Classification of Tropical Forests -- Deforestation in the Tropics -- Management of Tropical Forests -- Plantations and Agroforestry Systems -- Approaches for Implementing Sustainable Management Techniques -- Conclusions.Research in tropical forestry is confronted with the task of finding strategies to alleviate pressure o…
The Traditional Approach -- General Principles -- Scoping -- Baseline Conditions -- Alternatives -- Impact Assessment -- Writing the Impact Statement -- The Modern Approach -- Moving to the New Paradigm -- to Fuzzy Sets and Logic -- Environmental Conditions -- Impact Inference and Assessment -- Multi-Objective, Multi-Criteria Decision-Making -- Application -- Scoping -- Baseline Environment -- …
Applying Geospatial Technologies in Urban Environments -- Remote Sensing of Impervious Surfaces and Building Infrastructure -- Policy Implications of Remote Sensing in Understanding Urban Environments: Developing a Wetlands Inventory for Community Decision-Making in Lucas County, Ohio -- Making Spatial Data Usable to the General Public: a Case Study in Tax Mapping -- Modeling Human-Environment …
In the Land of the Mermaid: How Culture, not Ecology, Influenced Marine Mammal Exploitation in the Southeastern Caribbean -- Conserving the Pines of Guadalupe and Cedros Islands, Mexico: An International Collaboration -- Biodiversity Conservation in Bolivia: History, Trends and Challenges -- Peasant, Environment and Maize “Modernization” -- Planting Trees, Building Democracy: Sustainable Co…
Multifunctionality of Agriculture -- Multifunctionality in a Theoretical Framework -- Valuing the Outputs of Multifunctional Agriculture -- Landscape Amenities from Agriculture -- Demand for Landscape Amenities from Agriculture -- Rural Tourism -- Impact from Agriculture on Rural Tourism -- Measuring the Recreational Value of the Agricultural Landscape -- Supply of Landscape Amenities from Agri…
Plenary of Submitted Papers -- About Invalid, Valid and Clean Polygons -- 3D Geographic Visualization: The Marine GIS -- Local Knowledge Doesn’t Grow on Trees: Community-Integrated Geographic Information Systems and Rural Community Self-Definition -- Web GIS -- A Flexible Competitive Neural Network for Eliciting User’s Preferences in Web Urban Spaces -- Combining Heterogeneous Spatial Data …
The U.S. National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program: A Successful State—Federal Partnership -- The NTHMP Tsunameter Network -- Real-Time Tsunami Forecasting: Challenges and Solutions -- The Seismic Project of the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program -- Impact of the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program on Operations of the Richard H. Hagemeyer Pacific Tsunami Warning Center -- Pro…
Forest Landscape Restoration in Context -- Overview of Forest Restoration Strategies and Terms -- Impact of Forest Loss and Degradation on Biodiversity -- The Impacts of Degradation and Forest Loss on Human Well-Being and Its Social and Political Relevance for Restoration -- Restoring Forest Landscapes in the Face of Climate Change -- Restoration as a Strategy to Contribute to Ecoregion Visions…