Keywords:
Global Forest Watch (Organization).
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Forest mapping.
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Forests and forestry.
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Geographic information systems.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
This book project examines global forest monitoring as a means to understand the promises and problems of global visualization for climate management.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (112 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781040013304
Series Statement:
Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=31137828
DDC:
526
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Promises and Problems of Global Forest Visualization -- 2 Forest Maps: The Datafication of Forests From a Media Theory Perspective -- 3 Zooming Into Google Gaia Maps: From Globalization to Glocalization of Forests -- 4 Forests as Stories: Storyworld Networks as Alternatives to Google Gaia -- 5 Case Study: Global Forest Watch -- 6 Insights From Developers and Users of GFW -- 7 From Green Marbles to Storyworlds -- Appendix -- Index.
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