Title Looking back : the changing face of the Australian continent, 1972-1992 / Dean Graetz, Rohan Fisher and Murray Wilson

Published Canberra : CSIRO Office of Space Science & Applications, 1992

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W'BOOL GIANT	919.40209045 Gra/Lbt		AVAILABLE

Description viii, 159 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 42 cm + 1 CD-ROM + 1 disk Series COSSA publication ; 029 COSSA publication, 0818-4291 ; nos. 029, 031 COSSA publication ; 029 COSSA publication ; no. 029 ; 031 Contents The what and the why of this book -- Satellite images: the new view of Earth -- Landcover: a new way of thinking about the land -- Landcover change: something that concerns us all -- Where we all live -- The heartlands and the headache -- The land without people -- Where have all the forests gone? -- To have and hold or who knows best? -- What is all the fuss? -- Looking back and looking ahead Analysis Ecology Geography History Land resources Remote sensing Notes "The Australian contribution to the International Space Year (ISY) Global Land Cover Change Project." Issued with a companion CD-ROM: Auswatch : data sets for the study of landcover change / by Murray Wilson ... [et al.] Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Subject Environmental monitoring -- Australia -- Remote sensing. Land use -- Australia -- Remote sensing. Natural resources -- Australia -- Remote sensing. Nature -- Effect of human beings on. Plant communities -- Australia -- History -- Remote sensing. Remote sensing -- Australia -- Maps. Remote sensing -- Australia. Vegetation dynamics -- Australia -- Remote sensing. SUBJECT Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Geography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005919 Author Fisher, Rohan Wilson, M. G. A. (Murray George Alexander), 1932- CSIRO Office of Space Science and Applications. LC no. 01007074 ISBN 0643047646

Other Titles Aus watch AusWatch : data sets for the study of landcover change

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