Contents
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CHAPTER 3: SPACE AND EARTH REMOTE SENSING
GIS ApPLICATION TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS USING REMOTELY
SENSED DATA
149
P. Boccardo
USE OF THE ROSE-DIAGRAM METHOD FOR VEGETATION
FIRE PATTERN ANALYSIS ON A REGIONAL SCALE IN
AFRICA
159
P. A. Brivio, J. M. Gregoire, B. Koffi and G. Ober
INTEGRATION OF LANDSAT TM DATA AND SPOT DIGITAL
ELEVATION MODEL ApPLIED TO GEOSCIENTIFIC AND
GEOTECHNICAL RESEARCH IN THE AREA NORTH OF
KATHMANDU, NEPAL
165
G. Gabert, K. M. Amatya, C. Bardinet,
E. Bournay, P. Hoppe and P. Pradhan
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENT OF THE LONG-RANGE POLLUTION EFFECTS IN
REMOTE AREAS (HIMALAYAS, NEPAL)
175
G. Tartari, M. Antoninetti, G. Bortolami, P. A. Brivio,
C. De Vito, G. Iabichino, M. Pepe,
G. A. Tartari and S. Valsecchi
CHAPTER 4: REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES
APPLICATION TO SOil EROSION MODELING
DESERTIFICATION OF MEDITERRANEAN AND MOUNTAINOUS
REGIONS
185
M. Dubost
LAND COVER CHANGE DETECTION IN A MEDITERRANEAN
AREA (MARITIME SYRIA) FROM REMOTELY SENSED DATA
197
J.-F. Khreim and B. Lacaze
INDEX OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FOR LAND
MANAGEMENT
215
A. Quaglino