Die Theorie der geographischen Dimensionen in der Angewandten Landschaftsökologie

Steinhardt, Uta

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-58488-6_4

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“…Due to this historical development, the seemingly objective and quantifiable numerical scale has become attached to precepts about the conceptual relations between geographic reality and its graphical model (Freitag 1962, Bollmann andKoch 2002). This was driven by and is congruent with developments in geography (Sudgen and Hamilton 1971) and other geosciences such as ecology (Steinhardt 1999, Levin 1992, Chave 2013. In all cases, ranges of numerical scales are grouped into conceptual hierarchies.…”

Section: Scale and Level Of Detailmentioning

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Inferring the Scale of OpenStreetMap Features

Touya

Reimer

2015

Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography

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Traditionally, national mapping agencies produced datasets and map products for a low number of specified and internally consistent scales, i.e. at a common level of detail (LoD). With the advent of projects like OpenStreetMap, data users are increasingly confronted with the task of dealing with heterogeneously detailed and scaled geodata. Knowing the scale of geodata is very important for mapping processes such as for generalization of label placement or land-cover studies for instance. In the following chapter, we review and compare two concurrent approaches at automatically assigning scale to OSM objects. The first approach is based on a multi-criteria decision making model, with a rationalist approach for defining and parameterizing the respective criteria, yielding five broad LoD classes. The second approach attempts to identify a single metric from an analysis process, which is then used to interpolate a scale equivalence. Both approaches are combined and tested against well-known Corine data, resulting in an improvement of the scale inference process. The chapter closes with a presentation of the most pressing open problems

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Section: Scale and Level Of Detailmentioning

confidence: 63%

Inferring the Scale of OpenStreetMap Features

Touya

Reimer

2015

Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography

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“…Scale is a measuring determinant. Similarly, "scaling" refers to the process of transferring information from one dimension to another, with a specific direction categorized as scaling up or scaling down [70]. In terms of achieving sustainability, the idea of "scale" holds great value because, even after the fixed span of activity and result, directly or indirectly, the results and benefits tend to be sustained more in the future [62].…”

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University-Campus-Based Zero-Carbon Action Plans for Accelerating the Zero-Carbon City Transition

Islam,

Liu,

et al. 2023

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After three decades of global climate initiatives, local governments’ capabilities to implement policies and solutions have not always been effective in making the urban environment more resilient and adaptive to climate change. All the previous climatic initiatives and decisions were mostly carried out by governments or affiliated actors on global or regional scales. However, the lack of notable climate actions at the community level is evident in the current crisis of urban sustainability. To drive a radical change toward a zero-carbon transition at the city scale, massive decarbonization is required at the institutional level (academic/nonacademic campus) of a city. Among all the nongovernmental actors, it is always expected that Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) would take the lead in promoting a resilient and sustainable future for the cities through their education, research, and innovation. HEIs’ multidimensional activity resembles the “small scale model of a city” interacting with different subsystems like education, administration, transport, housing, health, etc. However, the present studies were found to be mostly based on specific regions and developed countries. In addition, the previously developed methods of assessing energy consumption and CO2 emissions at the university level lack adaptability for other countries and urban settings. Following the need for a comprehensive method of evaluating energy consumption and accelerating the zero-carbon practice to a broader scale, a new framework is proposed here for a university campus. It can be implemented regardless of the campus type and geographic and weather conditions. After implementing the evaluation methods on a 753-acre campus of Rajshahi University, the campus typology and natural resources were identified. Following that, the behavior patterns of the users in terms of energy usage and waste generation were also determined. Finally, the results show that 1900.71 tons of CO2 was emitted in the academic year 2022. The per-capita CO2 emission was 0.041 tons of CO2. To boost the zero-carbon city transition, three core parameters of scaling-up methods were taken into consideration to evaluate the benefits of zero-carbon campuses. The scalability of the zero-carbon practices was evaluated based on the ideas of (1) expansion—how educating future generations about the environment can have a long-lasting impact, (2) demonstration—adopting innovative practical and technological solutions to exhibit the benefits of zero-carbon practices to society, and (3) collaboration—building strong alliances with state and nonstate actors of the city to promote sustainability through sharing knowledge, innovation, and technology.

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Natur und Landschaft zwischen endogenem Wandel und anthropogenen Veränderungen — Perspektiven eines „Neuen Naturschutzes“

Leser

2002

Natur Zwischen Wandel Und Veränderung

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Die Theorie der geographischen Dimensionen in der Angewandten Landschaftsökologie

Cited by 8 publications

References 9 publications

Inferring the Scale of OpenStreetMap Features

Inferring the Scale of OpenStreetMap Features

University-Campus-Based Zero-Carbon Action Plans for Accelerating the Zero-Carbon City Transition

Natur und Landschaft zwischen endogenem Wandel und anthropogenen Veränderungen — Perspektiven eines „Neuen Naturschutzes“

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