Remote sensing and GIS watershed management

Khali Aziz Hamzah, . and Abdul Rahim Nik, . (1995) Remote sensing and GIS watershed management. [Proceedings Paper]

The usefulness of remote sensing and Geographic Information System GIS in land resources monitoring and management in Malaysia is increasingly gaining acceptance. This includes the application of the two techniques which can be integrated in managing forest resouces. Specifically in forestry the application of these techniques ranges from mapping of forest area monitoring of forest changes due to logging and other activities identifying suitable logging area suitable protected area and estimating forest biomass. Another potential and important use of these techniques is in forest hydrology including for watershed management. Hydrology is the science of water which concerned with the origin distribution and properties of waters of the earth. Water as a resource needs to be managed sustainably hence the use of remote sensing and GIS in watershed management can be viewed as an important and useful endeavour. This paper describes some aspects of watershed management in which the technique of remote sensing and GIS can be applied either independently or integartively.

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The usefulness of remote sensing and Geographic Information System GIS in land resources monitoring and management in Malaysia is increasingly gaining acceptance. This includes the application of the two techniques which can be integrated in managing forest resouces. Specifically in forestry the application of these techniques ranges from mapping of forest area monitoring of forest changes due to logging and other activities identifying suitable logging area suitable protected area and estimating forest biomass. Another potential and important use of these techniques is in forest hydrology including for watershed management. Hydrology is the science of water which concerned with the origin distribution and properties of waters of the earth. Water as a resource needs to be managed sustainably hence the use of remote sensing and GIS in watershed management can be viewed as an important and useful endeavour. This paper describes some aspects of watershed management in which the technique of remote sensing and GIS can be applied either independently or integartively.

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Item Type:	Proceedings Paper
Additional Information:	Available at Perpustakaan Sultan Abdul Samad Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 UPM Serdang Selangor Malaysia. G70.5 A7S471 1995 Call Number
AGROVOC Term:	REMOTE SENSING
AGROVOC Term:	GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
AGROVOC Term:	WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
AGROVOC Term:	MALAYSIA
Geographical Term:	MALAYSIA
Depositing User:	Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 05:13
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10942

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