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Title Methodological approaches in physical geography / Firuza Begham Mustafa, editor
Published Cham : Springer, [2022]
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 178 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Geography of the physical environment, 2366-8873
Geography of the physical environment. 2366-8873
Contents 1. Epistemology of Geography -- 2. Site selection method using the Geographic Information System (GIS) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) -- 3. The application of a data-driven method for spatial analysis and prediction of gully erosion susceptibility -- 4. Methods and Approaches of Flood Susceptibility Assessment and Mapping: A Review in Geographical Perspective -- 5. Digital geography and its methods -- 6. Automated in situ Water Quality Monitoring Characterizing System Dynamics in Urban-Impacted and Natural Environments -- 7. Research methods and techniques in physical geography -- 8 The methodological approaches in physical geography -- 9. Urban river restoration: A methodological discourse with examples from Kerala, India -- 10. The methodological approach of assessing urban vertical expansion using satellite remote sensing techniques.
Summary Geography science aims to observe the dynamics in describing earth's surface as a place and space for humans to carry out their lives, starting from simple identification using recording and sketching models, then utilizing tools such as maps, satellite imagery, statistics and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Physical geography is the branch of natural science that deals with the study of processes and patterns in the natural environment such as the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and biosphere. This book covers the methodology of the study for all aspects of physical geography: biosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and atmosphere. As a comprehensive textbook it consists of a detailed research methodology for physical geography research including selected case studies from Asia. These case studies cover methodological approaches for hydrology, climatology and geomorphology including the discovery of the best method for exploring and assessing mysterious physical phenomena using a diversity of methodologies. This book explores and explains the principal concept, basic method, optional method, detailed description of each method, and the challenges, advantages and disadvantages of the various methods. The technique of data selection, data acquisition, method of analysis, data interpretation and data analysis techniques with a specific focus on deterministic modeling, geography techniques, geospatial modeling with Geographic Information System (GIS), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), and Automated machine techniques and combination of statistical analysis. Such techniques can help researchers to receive clearer concepts and obtain better measurements of the relevant attributes changes in the physical environment. Opportunity to critically examine the conceptualization and identification of the field in geographical research and how digital media has not only expanded the scope of what constitutes the field but has redefined the field in itself as well as the practices of observing, knowing, and analyzing the real world
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 12, 2022)
Subject Physical geography -- Methodology
Physical geography -- Methodology
Form Electronic book
Author Mustafa, Firuza Begham, editor
ISBN 9783031071133
3031071131