2013-03-10 NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST
This Issue: Detecting and Monitoring, Informal Settlements, Favelas, and Slums (Part 1) and Some Other Good Things
BUT FIRST, WON’T YOU PLEASE HELP? Inventory and monitoring of woody debris on coastal beaches. Hi, I am looking for any publications dealing with the inventory and monitoring of beach wood (not beech wood) on the worlds coastal areas. If you have any information to share, please contact me at gyde@comcast.net. Thank you in advance for your kind assistance. Cheers, Gyde.
DETECTING AND MONITORING, INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS, FAVELAS, AND SLUMS (Part 1) – Last November, a list member asked, “Could some of you lend some assistance by identifying some OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) sources that can be used to detect and monitor the presence of slum/informal settlements/favelas, development? Any information you provide will be much appreciated.” Here some sites that may be of interest:
Abebe, Fikreselassie Kassahun.2011. Modelling informal settlement growth in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Thesis. 110 p.
Almeida et al. 2011. Population Estimates in Informal Settlements Using Object-Based Image Analysis and 3D Modeling.
Aminipouri, M. et al. 2009. Object-oriented analysis of very high resolution orthophotos for estimating the population of slum areas, case of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. 73 p.
Anon. 2011. Detecting slums from SPOT data in Casablanca Morocco using an object based approach.
Anon. 2012 Participatory mapping for city‐wide slum upgrading in India. 15 p.
Antonio, Danilo. 2011. Social Tenure Domain Model: Towards Addressing the Information Requirements of Informal Settlements. 25 p.
Antstis, Siena. 2009 An open source project to map one of the world's biggest slums.
Architecture for humanity - Open-source architectural plans.
Arimah, Ben C. 2011? Slums as Expressions of Social Exclusion: Explaining the Prevalence of Slums in African Countries. 33 p.
Azar, Derek et al. 2010. Spatial refinement of census population distribution using remotely sensed estimates of impervious surfaces in Haiti. Int. J. of remote Sensing. 31(21): 5635-5655. Abstract.
Bazoglu, N et al. 2004. Monitoring Security of Tenure in Cities: People, Land and Policies.
Beges, Sarina A. 2012. In Kenyan slum, mobile phones pinpoint better water.
Bezroukov, Nikolai. N.d. A Slightly Skeptical View on Usage of Open Source in Developing Countries -
Brand, Stewart. 2010. How slums can save the planet.
Busgeeth, Karishma et al. 2008. Potential application of remote sensing in monitoring informal settlements in developing countries where complimentary data does not exist. 15 p.
Catch up. 2010. Kibera: The Lie of the Biggest Slum in Africa.
ComHabitat. 2006. Urbanisation, growing slums and global change:a challenge Commonwealth countries need to address urgently. 6 p.
Coren, Michael J .n.d. MIT’s Free Urban Planning Software Will Help Build The Cities Of The Future.
Cravino, Maria Cristina. 2011. Structural transformations of slums in Buenos Aires. 12 p.
Das, Anamika .n.d. South Africa: On a growth path with GIS.
Davis, James et al. 2012. Measuring water collection times in Kenyan informal settlements. Article posting.
de Borchgrave, Arnaud. et al. 2007. Force Multiplier for Intelligence Collaborative Open Source Networks. 88 p.
Doherty, Patrick. 2012. Digital Technology - Informal Settlements and Community Empowerment in the Kibera Slum, Kenya.
Donovan, K. 2012. Seeing Like a Slum: Towards Open, Deliberative Development. Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, 13(1), 97-104
SOME OTHER PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST
Cheshire, Tom. 2011. The news forecast: Can you predict the future by mining millions of web pages for data?
Earnst, S.L., et al. 2012. Changes in avian and plant communities of aspen woodlands over 12 years after livestock removal in the northwestern Great Basin. Conserv. Biol. 26(5):862-872. Abstract
Fairweather, Stephen. 2005. Forest inventory: A solid foundation for stand density management. 5 p.
FAO. 2012. FRA 2015. Terms and definitions. FRA Working Paper 180. FAO. .31 p.
FAO. 2012. Global ecological Zones for FAO forest reporting: 2010 update. Forest Resources Assessment Working Paper 179. FAO. 42 p.
Fisher, B.P. 2012. Conservation and livelihoods: identifying trade-offs and win-wins. Front. Ecol. Environ. 10(7):343-343
Fisher, J.R.B.; Dills, B. 2012. Do private conservation activities match science-based conservation priorities? PLoS ONE 7(9):e46429. Abstract.
Fritschle, J.A. 2012. Identification of old-growth forest reference ecosystems using historic land surveys, Redwood National Park, California. Restor. Ecol. 20(6):679-687. Abstract.
Garcia-Ulloa, J., et al. 2012. Lowering environmental costs of oil-palm expansion in Colombia. Conserv. Lett. 5(5):366-375. Abstract.
Gong, B.C., et al. 2012. Limits to religious conservation efforts. Science 338(6108):740. Listing.
Guillet, A., et al. 2012. Systemic Spatial Decision Support Systems: an integrated, computer-aided tool for biodiversity conservation. Plant Biosyst. 146(4):814-826. First Page.
Hoare, R. 2012. Lessons from 15 years of human-elephant conflict mitigation: management considerations involving biological, physical and governance issues in Africa. Pachyderm 51:60-74. Abstract.
Huang, X.L., et al. 2012. Willing or unwilling to share primary biodiversity data: results and implications of an international survey. Conserv. Lett. 5(5):399-406. Abstract/
Jaafar, Z.; Giam, X. 2012. Misinformation and omission in science journalism. Trop. Conserv. Sci. 5(2):142-149.
Jiguet, F., et al. 2012. French citizens monitoring ordinary birds provide tools for conservation and ecological sciences. Acta Oecol. 44:58-66. Abstract.
JK/RZ. 2013. Will more trees cause more rain? IRIN.
Kellner, J.R., et al. 2012. Historical land-cover classification for conservation and management in Hawaiian subalpine drylands. Pacific Sci. 66(4):457-466
Koh, L.P.; Wich, S.A. 2012.Dawn of drone ecology: low-cost autonomous aerial vehicles for conservation. Trop. Conserv. Sci. 5(2):121-132.
Kumara, H.N., et al. 2012.Estimating Asian elephant, Elephas maximus, density through distance sampling in the tropical forests of Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve, India. Trop. Conserv. Sci. 5(2):163-172
KEEPING UP-TO-DATE – PRODUCTS, NEWSLETTERS, EMAIL LISTS, JOURNALS. See also http://botany.si.edu/puhttps://www.createspace.com/3489254bs/bcn/links.cfm, http://scholar.google.com/, and Directory of Open Access Journals. http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=findJournals.
GSDI and IGS Global News- Issue No. 2 for 2013 at is available in pdf format under http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters#GSDI or directly at http://memberservices.gsdi.org/files/?artifact_id=1216
United Forest – issue number 32 of UNECE Forestry Department Newsletter is available at http://www.unece.org/forests-welcome/about-us/forestsaboutusnewsletter/forestsnewsletter32articles.html#c35738. From Nelson Wong, IFL
Free ArcGIS Explorer Desktop Integrated with ArcGIS Online - http://free-gis-data.blogspot.com/2013/02/new-free-arcgis-explorer-desktop.html. From Shaan W., IFL
People and Forests E-News – the March 2013 issue is now available at http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a79eee76ce1869204bc04a12d&id=79cbb4d640&e=73f2043cf8
InfoSylva – You may access the latest issue -(No. 04/2013) of FAO’s forestry news clippings at http://www.fao.org/forestry/36323-0b1ae52b36ed33a413351eea31b8e3299.pdf
WORKING SMARTER - WORKSHOPS, MEETINGS, EVENTS, ETC. – See also: http://www.gfis.net, http://www.iufro.org/events/calendar/ and http://www.iufro.org/discover/noticeboard/.
9-10 May 2012. From Known Knowns to Unknown Unknowns: Remotely Detecting the Past. Wood Quay Venue, Civic Offices, Dublin, Ireland. See http://www.archaeolandscapes.eu/index.php/en/outreach/conferences/347-u2k2.html. From Artur Gil, Applied GIS RS List.
23-25 May 2013. Investment Summit of Agriculture and Forestry in Colombia & South America. Medellin, Colombia. This annual event also includes The First Agri-Investment LATAM presenting specific investments, exhibitors, and an agenda of speakers addressing investments in Colombia. For more information, contact Mark.Willhite@juno.com Mark Willhite. World Forest Investment, Inc.
20-24 October 2013. Asian Conference on Remote Sensing. Bali, Indonesia. For details see http://www.acrs2013.com/. From Artur Gil ,Applied GIS RS List.
MOVING AHEAD – OPPORTUNITIES – See also: Scholarships-Positions, Forestry, Arboriculture, Agriculture, Agronomy & Natural Resource Management Jobs at http://www.earthworks-jobs.com/forest.htm, Riley Guide to Agriculture, Forestry, & Farming Jobs http://www.rileyguide.com/agric.html, Finding Your Dream Job in Natural Resources http://www.cyber-sierra.com/nrjobs/, http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/index.html The Job Seekers Guide for International and Environmental Careers http://timresch.net/ejobs/index.htm and Scholarship Listing http://www.scholarshiplisting.com/.
Remote Sensing Officer – FAO Forestry. Rome. For details see http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/VA/pdf/IRC2286e.pdf
2 Open PhD positions in Land Remote sensing in Switzerland - 1. PhD position: Remote sensing of land cover / land use change for soil monitoring (iMSoil-2013-01) and 2. PhD position: Proximal and remote sensing for soil property mapping (PMSoil-2013-02). For further questions, please contact Michael.Schaepman@geo.uzh.ch. From Artur Gil, Applied GIS RS List.
NEXT ISSUE – Detecting and monitoring informal settlements (Part 2)
Pay It Forward – Cheers, Gyde
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