Park Management in Ghana Using Geographic Informatiojn Systems (Gis) And Remote Sensing Tech... Book

Ch. 1	Literature review of the global forest degradation and monitoring	9
Ch. 2	Park management around the globe : problems and challenges	47
Ch. 3	A review of GIS and remote sensing applications to park management	59
Ch. 4	The development of parks, reserves and monitoring in Ghana	81
Ch. 5	Development of a database for Kakum National Park using remote sensing and GIS	107
Ch. 6	How to use GIS and remote sensing techniques to manage parks in Ghana : some illustrations from Kakum	135
Ch. 7	The Digya National Park	147
Ch. 8	Models for climate change in Digya National Park and its environment	199
Ch. 9	Socio-economic drivers of deforestation in Digya National Park	217
Ch. 10	How to use Digya study to develop park policy	231
Ch. 11	Discussion and recommendations	239
Ch. 12	Conclusion	245
App. A	Algebra for exponential and logarithmic functions	249
App. B	Statistical analysis for correlation coefficients	251
App. C	Distance and latitude/longitude calculations	255
App. D	Distances to the nearest villages at Digya National Park	261
App. E	Non-survey data and model	265
App. F	Survey data and model	269
App. G	Total data and model including climate, survey and non-survey factors	275
App. H	Household survey questions	279
App. I	Best-fit comparisons	281
App. J	The problem of collinearity	287
App. K	Populations in and around Digya National Park	289
App. L	Rate-compounding calculations	293