[Forest-list] 2013-03-17 NRMI: This Issue: Detecting and Monitoring, Informal Settlements, Favelas, and Slums (Part 2) and Some Other Good Things

[H. Gyde Lund]

*2013-03-17**NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST*

This Issue:*/Detecting and Monitoring, Informal Settlements, Favelas, 
and Slums (Part 2)/ *and Some Other Good Things

*DETECTING AND MONITORING, INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS, FAVELAS, AND SLUMS 
(Part 2) -- *Last November, a list member asked, /"Could some of you 
lend some assistance by identifying some OSINT (Open Source 
Intelligence) sources that can be used to detect and monitor the 
presence of slum/informal settlements/favelas, development? Any 
information you provide will be much appreciated."/ Here are some sites 
that may be of interest:

Earth Rights Institute. N,d, *Land Rights and Land Value Capture* 
<http://www.earthrights.net/docs/long_form_brochure_lrlvc.html>- Long 
Form Brochure Draft.

Engstrom, Ryan N. 2011,***Do the most vulnerable people live in the 
worst slums? A spatial analysis of Accra, Ghana* 
<http://www.experts.scival.com/ctsicn/pubDetail.asp?t=pm&id=84859406128&o_id=1>. 
Annals of GIS 17(4): 221-225. Listing.

Etzband, Maik et al. 2010. *Remote Sensing for the Mapping of Urban 
Poverty and Slum Areas.* 
<http://www.populationenvironmentresearch.org/papers/Netzband_PERN_statement.pdf>

*Expert Group Meeting on Slum Mapping 21-23 May 2008* 
<http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/confluence/download/attachments/34308102/Programme+of+EGM.pdf?version=2&modificationDate=1212394981000>. 
20 p.

Faye, Ousmame et al. 2011.*Hunger and Food Insecurity in Nairobi's 
Slums: An Assessment Using IRT Models.* 
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3132228/>J Urban Health. 
2011 June; 88(Suppl 2): 235--255.

Filho, Mauro Barros. 2008*. **Slums detection through lacunarity-based 
texture analysis of remote sensing images* 
<http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/confluence/download/attachments/34308102/Filho+.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1212394865000>. 
38 p.

Galeon, Florence A. 2008. *Estimation of population in informal 
settlement communities using high resolution satellite image* 
<http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/XXXVII/congress/4_pdf/242.pdf>*.*The 
International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial 
Information Sciences. Vol. XXXVII. Part B4. Beijing 2008. 6 p.

*Getting on the map: a community's path to better services. How to 
note.* 
<http://www.opendta.org/Documents/How%20To%20-%20Interactive%20Mapping%20DRAFT.pdf>Draft. 
21 p.

Graesser, J. et al. 2012. *Image Based Characterization of Formal and 
Informal Neighborhoods in an Urban Landscape* 
<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=6236225>. Abstract.

Greenemeier, Larry. 2012.***Share the wealth: new urban poverty atlases 
now provide data to slum dwellers* 
<http://www.citiesalliance.org/node/2600>.

*Guidelines for GIS Mapping, MIS development and Integration of GIS with 
MIS.* <http://mhupa.gov.in/ray/04-RAY-GIS-Guidelines.pdf>88 p.

*Guidelines for Preparation of a Slum Free City Plan of Action* 
<http://mhupa.gov.in/ray/planning_guidelines.pdf>*.*Draft. 73 p.

Haar, Sharon. 2012. *Constructive Maps.* 
<http://www.cooperhewitt.org/conversations/2012/01/26/constructive-maps>**

Hammons, Steve. 2012.***Many forms of conventional, unconventional 
intelligence can help our global efforts* 
<http://epages.wordpress.com/2012/04/22/many-forms-of-conventional-unconventional-intelligence-can-help-our-global-efforts/>. 


Herr, Harvey; Karl Guenter. 2003? *Estimating Global Slum Dwellers - 
Monitoring The Millennium Development Goal 7, Target 11* 
<http://schant.socialdev.net/data/women%20tenure/mdg-habitat.pdf>25 p.

Hofmann, P. et al. 2008 *Detecting informal settlements from QuickBird 
Data in Rio de Janeiro using an object based approach*. 
<http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/XXXVI/4-C42/Papers/05_Automated%20classification%20Urban/OBIA2006_Hofmann_et_al.pdf>6 
p.

Hofmann, Peter. 2001. *Detecting informal settlements from ikonos image 
data using methods of object oriented image analysis -- an example from 
Cape Town (South Africa).* 
<http://www.ecognition.com/sites/default/files/395_hofmann.pdf>12 p.

Hofmann, Peter. 2008. *Detecting informal settlements using methods of 
object based image analysis.* 
<http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/confluence/download/attachments/34308102/Hofmann+object_based_extraction.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1212394949000>27 
p.

Hopenow. 2009. *Digital Mapping to put Slums on the Map.* 
<http://www.nowpublic.com/tech-biz/digital-mapping-put-slums-map>

Hurskainen, P.; Pellikka. P. 2005? *Change detection of informal 
settlements using multi-temporal aerial photographs -- the case of Voi, 
SE-Kenya*. 
<http://www.helsinki.fi/science/taita/reports/aarse_hurskainen.pdf>9 p.

*Intelligence Analysis Tools* 
<https://www.recordedfuture.com/how-people-use-recorded-future/defense-intelligence-analysis-tools/?gclid=CKmy-bX9wbMCFcRa4AodawMA8Q>- 


Ioannidis,Charalabos et al. 2007. *Towards a strategy for suburban 
informal building control through automatic change detection* 
<http://library.tee.gr/digital/m2267/m2267_ioannidis.pdf>. 21 p.

Ioannidis,Charalabos et al. 2009. *Towards a strategy for control of 
suburban informal buildings through automatic change detection* 
<http://portal.survey.ntua.gr/main/labs/cadast/staff/chryssyp/7-3-56_2009.pdf>. 
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 33; 64--74.

ITU. 2010. *Improving the lives of slum dwellers through innovative uses 
of ICT*. 
<http://itunews.itu.int/en/509-Improving-the-lives-of-slum-dwellers-through-innovative-uses-of-ICT.note.aspx>**

*SOME OTHER PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST*

Morin, Randall S.; Liknes, Greg C. 2012. *Moving from status to trends: 
Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) symposium 2012. 
<http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/42307>* Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-105. 
Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 
Northern Research Station. [CD-ROM]. 478 p. From Barbara Conkling, USFS

NCSU. *Major Causes of Wetland Loss and Degradation 
<Major%20Causes%20of%20Wetland%20Loss%20and%20Degradation>*

Penner, Derrick. 2013. *Province has 10-year plan to renew forest 
inventories - But MLA believes project is too lengthy and too long 
overdue. 
<http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Province+year+plan+renew+forest+inventories/8007043/story.html>* 
The Vancouver Sun

Ramjohn, I.A., et al. 2012. *Survival and rebound of Antillean dry 
forests: role of forest fragments 
<http://www.fs.fed.us/global/iitf/pubs/ja_iitf_2012_ramjohn001.pdf>*. 
Forest Ecol. Manag. 284:124-132.

Ravan, Shirish. 2002. *Spatial Decision Support System for Biodiversity 
Conservation 
<http://crs.itb.ac.id/media/jurnal/Refs/Landscape/SDSS_geom1.pdf>*. 
GIS at Development 5 p.

Robinson, G.R. 2012. *Assessing the conservation significance of a state 
park system, New York, USA 
<http://www.researchgate.net/publication/232669182_Assessing_the_Conservation_Significance_of_a_State_Park_System_New_York_USA/file/9fcfd5089951181e1a.pdf>*. 
Nat. Areas J. 32(43):412-419.

Rozum, John S.; Carr, Sarah D. 2013. *Tools for Coastal Climate 
Adaptation Planning: A Guide for Selecting Tools to Assist with 
Ecosystem-Based Climate Planning 
<https://connect.natureserve.org/sites/default/files/documents/EBM-ClimateToolsGuide-FINAL.pdf>.* 
Coastal-Marine Ecosystem-Based Management Tools Network. 48 p. From 
Artur Gil, Applied GIS RS List.

Sanders, Suzanne; Grochowski, Jessica. 2013. *The Forests of Isle Royale 
National Park: Can We Preserve This Pristine Wilderness in the Face of 
Climate 
Change?<http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3375/043.033.0108>*Natural 
Areas Journal 33(1):66-77. Abstract.

Schwartzman, Steve. 2013. *Can saving forests help feed the world? 
<http://skollworldforum.org/debate-post/can-saving-forests-help-feed-the-world/>* 
Skoll World Forum.

Sheehan, D.K.; Sanderson, F.J. 2012. *Seeing the bigger picture: how 
anthropogenic landscape modification in Africa affects declining 
migratory birds and the need for trans-continental research and 
conservation. 
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2012.01275.x/abstract>* 
Ibis 154(4):659-662. Abstract.

Sillett, T.S., et al. 2012. *Hierarchical distance-sampling models to 
estimate population size and habitat-specific abundance of an island 
endemic <http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/11-1400.1>*. Ecol. 
Appl. 22(7):1997-2006. Abstract.

Staff Writers. 2013. *A new technique to simulate climate change. 
<http://www.terradaily.com/reports/A_new_technique_to_simulate_climate_change_999.html>* 
TerraDaily. From Artur Gil, Applied GIS RS List.

Sulaiman, Nurni. 2012. *Forest conservation goes high-tech 
<http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/02/04/forest-conservation-goes-high-tech.html>*. 
Jakarta Post. 4 Feb. 2013.

Sutherland, William J. et al.2013. *A horizon scan of global 
conservation issues for 2013 
<http://download.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/pdf/PIIS0169534712002959.pdf?intermediate=true>.* 
Trends in Ecology & Evolution 28(1) 16-22.

Tallis, H., et al. 2012. *A global system for monitoring ecosystem 
service change 
<http://woods.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/files/global-monitor-study.pdf>*. 
BioScience 62(11):977-986.

Wang, Z.M., et al. 2012. *China's wetlands: conservation plans and 
policy impacts. 
<http://leml.asu.edu/jingle/Wu-Publications-PDFs/2012/Wang_etal-2012-China%27s%20wetlands.pdf>* 
Ambio 41(7):782-786.

Winder, Jerry. 2013. *NASA launches new Earth observation satellite. 
<http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-02/13/nasa-launches-observation-satellite>* 
Wired.co.uk

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<http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=findJournals.%5C>

*SDI Regional Newsletters -*SDI Regional Newsletters for March 2013 are 
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*NEXT ISSUE -- /Detecting and monitoring informal settlements (Part 3) /*

*Pay It Forward/-- Cheers, Gyde/*

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