Research Catalog

Title

Park management in Ghana using geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing technology / Yaw A. Twumasi.

Author

Twumasi, Yaw A.

Publication

Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2005.

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Details

Description

vi, 329 pages, [17] leaves of illustrations : color illustrations, maps (some color); 24 cm

Uniform Title

African studies (Lewiston, N.Y.) ; v. 78.

Subject

• National parks and reserves > Ghana > Management
• Geographic information systems
• Remote sensing
• Geographic Information Systems
• Remote Sensing Technology
• geographic information systems
• National parks and reserves > Management
• Ghana

Genre/Form

• geographic information systems.
• Geographic information systems.
• Systèmes d'information géographique.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-323) and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Literature review of the global forest degradation and monitoring -- Ch. 2. Park management around the globe : problems and challenges -- Ch. 3. A review of GIS and remote sensing applications to park management -- Ch. 4. The development of parks, reserves and monitoring in Ghana -- Ch. 5. Development of a database for Kakum National Park using remote sensing and GIS -- Ch. 6. How to use GIS and remote sensing techniques to manage parks in Ghana : some illustrations from Kakum -- Ch. 7. The Digya National Park -- Ch. 8. Models for climate change in Digya National Park and its environment -- Ch. 9. Socio-economic drivers of deforestation in Digya National Park -- Ch. 10. How to use Digya study to develop park policy -- Ch. 11. Discussion and recommendations -- Ch. 12. Conclusion -- App. A. Algebra for exponential and logarithmic functions -- App. B. Statistical analysis for correlation coefficients -- App. C. Distance and latitude/longitude calculations -- App. D. Distances to the nearest villages at Digya National Park -- App. E. Non-survey data and model -- App. F. Survey data and model -- App. G. Total data and model including climate, survey and non-survey factors -- App. H. Household survey questions -- App. I. Best-fit comparisons -- App. J. The problem of collinearity -- App. K. Populations in and around Digya National Park -- App. L. Rate-compounding calculations

ISBN

• 0773459901
• 9780773459908

LCCN

2005049642

OCLC

• ocm60743235
• 60743235
• SCSB-13552177

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library