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Article: Remote Sensing for Sustainable Forest Management.(Book Review)
- Article from:
- The Geographical Journal
- Article date:
- September 1, 2004
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Remote Sensing for Sustainable Forest Management. By STEVEN E. FRANKLIN
London: CRC, 2002, 407 pp. [pounds sterling]59.99. ISBN 1 5667 0394 8
As someone who spends a lot of time reading the scientific literature on remote sensing of forests it was extremely exciting to see a book that encapsulates the trends, philosophies and case study material that is, for all intents and purposes, 'hidden' away. This book has been written with a broad readership in mind; be it a practitioner, methodologist or experimentalist, each having an interest in remote sensing of forestry. There was a danger, therefore, that the book would try to serve everyone and end up ...