[Forest-list] 2013-03-24 NRMI: This Issue: Detecting and Monitoring, Informal Settlements, Favelas, and Slums (Part 3) and Some Other Good Things

[H. Gyde Lund]

*2013-03-24**NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST*

This Issue:*/Detecting and Monitoring, Informal Settlements, Favelas, 
and Slums (Part 3)/ *and Some Other Good Things

*DETECTING AND MONITORING, INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS, FAVELAS, AND SLUMS 
(Part 3) -- *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:

Jankowska, Marta M. et al. 2011. *Do the Most Vulnerable People Live in 
the Worst Slums? A Spatial Analysis of Accra, Ghana* 
<http://geography.sdsu.edu/Research/Projects/IPC/publication/Do_the_Most_Vulnerable_People_Live_in_the_Worst_Slums.pdf>*.*14 
p.

JRC. N.d. *Reliability of data on slums.* 
<http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/confluence/download/attachments/34308102/Reliability_of_data_on_slums.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1212157344000>**Summary 
of discussions during break-out session C. 9 p.

Jürgens,Carsten. 2008. *A multiscale remote sensing strategy for slum 
detection and continuous monitoring* 
<http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/confluence/download/attachments/34308102/Jurgens+Slum_Mapping_Enschede21052008.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1212395159000>. 
14 p.

Kanjir, U. et al. 2012. *Using VHR satellite imagery to estimate 
populations in informal settlements.* 
<http://mtc-m18.sid.inpe.br/col/sid.inpe.br/mtc-m18/2012/05.18.17.54/doc/156.pdf> 
Proceedings of the 4th GEOBIA, May 7-9, 2012 - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil. 
6 p.

Kaplan, Prashad et al. 2011. *From Pixels to Population Stress: Global 
Multispectral Remote Sensing for Vulnerable Communities* 
<http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011AGUFMIN11A1268P>. Abstract.

Kenyaobseerver. 2009.***Kenyans collaborate with international mappers 
to complete first free and open map of Africa's largest slum: Kibera in 
Nairobi, Kenya.* 
<http://www.breakingnewskenya.com/2009/11/03/map-kibera-kiberas-first-complete-free-and-open-map-november-2009/>**

Kerry, Ed. 2012. *Slum children use open-source software to learn 
computer skills.* 
<http://www.urbangateway.org/content/news/slum-children-use-open-source-software-learn-computer-skills>**

Kumar, V. Ravi. et al. n.d. *Urban Planning with Free and Open Source 
Geographic Information System for Urban Planning*. 
<http://www.gisdevelopment.net/proceedings/mapworldforum/upid/MWF_UrbanPlanning_65.pdf>Map 
World Forum. 7 p.

*Land administration and information*. 
<http://www.gltn.net/index.php/land-tools/land-administration-and-information>

Lemma, Tsion. 2005. *A comparison of methodologies for monitoring slum 
conditions within Millennium Development Goals: the case study of Addis 
Ababa, Ethiopia.* 
<http://www.itc.nl/library/Papers_2005/msc/upla/lemma.pdf>Thesis 121 p.

Liberman, Amy. 2012. *Open-source development* 
<http://www.devex.com/en/news/open-source-development/79267?source=DefaultHomepage_Center_Sector_Tab_Social+Good+Summit>*. 
*

Limpitlaw, D; Woldai, T.1999? *Land Use Change Detection as an Initial 
Stage in Environmental Impact Assessment on the Zambian Copperbelt.* 
<http://limpitlawconsulting.com/00Limpitlaw_Woldai%202000%20Land%20use%20change%20detection%20as%20an%20initial%20stage%20in%20environmental%20impact%20assessment%20on%20the%20Zambian%20Copperbelt.pdf> 
4 p.

Loewenberg, Samuel. 2012. *Mapping Toilets in a Mumbai Slum Yields 
Unexpected Results.* 
<http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/mapping-toilets-in-a-mumbai-slum-yields-unexpected-results/>**

Louw, J.N.; Sithole, G. 2010? *Context Based Detection of Urban Land Use 
Zones* <http://africageodownloads.info/086_louw_sithole.pdf>. 18 p.

*Map Kibera: how do you represent health services in informal 
settlements?* 
<http://healthgeography.wordpress.com/2010/04/09/map-kibera-how-do-you-represent-health-services-in-informal-settlements/>**

Mason, S.O.; Fraser, C.S. 1998. *Image sources for informal settlement 
management*. 
<http://reference.kfupm.edu.sa/content/i/m/image_sources_for_informal_settlement_ma_106711.pdf> 
Photogrammetric Record, 16(92): 313--330.

Mason, Scott; Baltsavias, E.1998? *Image-Based Reconstruction of 
Informal Settlements.* 
<http://e-collection.library.ethz.ch/eserv/eth:25206/eth-25206-01.pdf> 
12 p.

Mathenge, Caroline Wanjikumathenge. 2011.***Oriented image analysis in 
slum identification and mapping -- the case of Kisumu, Kenya*. 
<http://www.itc.nl/library/papers_2011/msc/upm/wanjiku.pdf> Thesis. 78 p.

Mboup, Gora. 2004. *Slum dwellers estimates country level.* 
<http://www.unescap.org/stat/meet/wimdgh/wimdge_g7_gora2.pdf>14 p.

Measure. 2008. *Data Demand and Information Use in the Health Sector -* 
<http://www.cpc.unc.edu/measure/publications/sr-08-44/at_download/document>Case 
Study Series. 54 p.

Moeller, Matthias S. 2009?***Mapping Metropolitan Growth from Space.* 
<http://geospatialtoday.com/gst/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=234%3Amapping-metropolitan-growth-from-space&catid=48%3Aarticles&Itemid=84>**

Nobrega, R. A. A. et al. 2008*. **An object-based approach to detect 
road features for informal settlements near Sao Paulo, Brazil.* 
<http://www.springerlink.com/content/v88w429rt65342n4/> Abstract.

Nobrega, R.A.A. et al.2007? *Detecting roads in informal settlements 
surrounding Sao Paulo city by using object-based classification*. 
<http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/XXXVI/4-C42/Papers/16_Automated%20classification%20IC%20II%20-%20Settlements%20Infrastructure/OBIA2006_Nobrega_OHara_Quintanilha.pdf> 
6 p.

Nobrega, Rodrigo A. A. et al. 2006. *Preliminary Results of Roads 
Detection in Informal Settlements using Object-Oriented Classification 
and IKONOS Data.* 1 
<http://www.gri.msstate.edu/publications/docs/2006/04/4077abstract_MSU_GSA2006.pdf> 
p.

*OSINT: Creating Actionable Intelligence from Open Source Data* 
<http://www.basistech.com/government/osint/?_kk=open%2520source%2520intelligence&_kt=aef023a9-0f15-45b0-90e7-986750a2a744&gclid=CIGjwO2AwrMCFQSf4AodbRIAHQ>*. 
*

*OTB in Quantum GIS* <http://www.orfeo-toolbox.org/otb/otbqgis.html> - 
 From Artur Gil, Applied GIS RS List.

*SOME OTHER PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST*

Abella, S.R., et al. 2012. *Identifying native vegetation for reducing 
exotic species during the restoration of desert ecosystems 
<http://www.osti.gov/eprints/topicpages/documents/record/059/5450414.html>*. 
Restor. Ecol. 20(6):781-787. Abstract.

Blanco, G., et al. 2012. *Safety in numbers? Supplanting data quality 
with fanciful models in wildlife monitoring and conservation. 
<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-012-0344-9#page-1>* 
Biodivers. Conserv. 21(12):3269-3276. Abstract.

Borenstein, Seth. 2013. *Recent heat spike unlike anything in 11,000 
years. 
<http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/03/07/2503478/recent-heat-spike-unlike-anything.html>* 
The News Tribune

Brancalion, P.H.S., et al. 2012. *Improving planting stocks for the 
Brazilian Atlantic forest restoration through community-based seed 
harvesting strategies. 
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1526-100X.2011.00839.x/abstract>* 
Restor. Ecol. 20(6):704-711. Abstract.

Burton, A.C. 2012. *Critical evaluation of a long-term, locally-based 
wildlife monitoring program in West Africa 
<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-012-0355-6#page-1>*. 
Biodivers. Conserv. 21(12):3079-3094. Abstract.

Butler, Rhett A. 2013. *Deforestation, wetlands loss in Brazil and 
Indonesia generated 45b tons of CO2 in 20 years 
<http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0222-faostat-land-use-emissions.html>*. 
Mongabay.

Cabrera-Guzmán, E.;Reynoso, V.H. 2012. *Amphibian and reptile 
communities of rainforest fragments: minimum patch size to support high 
richness and abundance 
<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-012-0312-4#page-1>*. 
Biodivers. Conserv. 21(12):3243-3265. Abstract.

Cano, E., et al. 2012. *Comparative analysis between the mangrove swamps 
of the Caribbean and those of the State of Guerrero (Mexico 
<http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/11263504.2012.704885#preview>*). 
Plant Biosyst. 146:112-130. First page

Casanova, M.T. 2012. *Does cereal crop agriculture in dry swamps damage 
aquatic plant communities? 
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304377012001040>* 
Aquat. Bot. 103:54-59. Abstract.

de Foresta, Hubert et al. 2013. *Towards the assessment of trees outside 
forests <http://www.fao.org/docrep/017/aq071e/aq071e00.pdf>*. A Thematic 
Report prepared in the framework of The Global Forest Resources 
Assessment 2010. FAO. 335 p

Dean, C., et al. 2012*. Accounting for space and time in soil carbon 
dynamics in timbered rangelands. 
<http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/6469/> *Ecological Engineering 
38 (1): 51-64 Abstract.

Delalieux, S., et al.. 2012. *Heathland conservation status mapping 
through integration of hyperspectral mixture analysis and decision tree 
classifiers 
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425712003483>.* 
Remote Sens. Environ. 126:222-231. Abstract.

*KEEPING UP-TO-DATE -- PRODUCTS, NEWSLETTERS, EMAIL LISTS, JOURNALS.*See 
also 
http://botany.si.edu/puhttps://www.createspace.com/3489254bs/bcn/links.cfm 
<http://botany.si.edu/puhttps:/www.createspace.com/3489254bs/bcn/links.cfm>, 
http://scholar.google.com/, and**Directory of Open Access Journals. 
http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=findJournals. 
<http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=findJournals.%5C>

*InfoSylva -- *FAO's forestry news clippings No 05.2013 is now available 
at http://www.fao.org/forestry/36554-044b823762aac73efc6c5ea8387482490.pdf

*ISPRS e Bulletin - *Issue no. 2 of 2013 of the International Society 
for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing is now available at 
http://www.isprs.org/news/newsletter/2013-02/index.html From Markus 
Englich, University of Stuttgart.

*WORKING SMARTER - WORKSHOPS, MEETINGS, EVENTS, ETC*. -- See also: 
http://www.gfis.net, http://www.iufro.org/events/calendar/ and 
http://www.iufro.org/discover/noticeboard/.

9-10 September 2013. *Workshop on UAV-based Remote Sensing Methods for 
Monitoring Vegetation*. University of Cologne, Germany. A call for 
papers and posters is now open. For details see 
http://www.isprs.org/news/newsletter/2013-02/45_ICASD_WS13_program.pdf

7-9 October 2013. *2nd IUFRO Conference on Complex Forest Ecosystems: 
from Tree to Landscape*. Southern Mensurationists Annual Meeting. New 
Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Details at . 
http://gis.latech.edu/cfe/index.html. From Richard Zabel, Western 
Forestry & Conservation Assoc.

*MOVING AHEAD -- OPPORTUNITIES*-- See also: Scholarships-Positions 
<http://scholarship-positions.com/>, Forestry, Arboriculture, 
Agriculture, Agronomy & Natural Resource Management Jobs at 
http://www.earthworks-jobs.com/forest.htm, Riley Guide to Agriculture, 
Forestry, & Farming Jobs http://www.rileyguide.com/agric.html, Finding 
Your Dream Job in Natural Resources http://www.cyber-sierra.com/nrjobs/, 
http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/index.html The Job Seekers Guide for 
International and Environmental Careers 
_http://timresch.net/ejobs/index.htm _and Scholarship Listing 
_http://www.scholarshiplisting.com/_.

*2 MSc. Nottingham degrees in the heart of SE Asia*.- */Environmental 
Monitoring and Management - /*The basis of the course is to develop an 
understanding of the information needs of environmental management and 
the practical techniques available to meet those needs, with a 
particular focus on the tropical environment. The course is 
interdisciplinary in nature, combining the integrated study of the 
physical environment with monitoring and investigative techniques and 
includes social and economic aspects of environmental management. The 
development of environmental research training is an integral part of 
the course, culminating in the completion of a dissertation for the MSc. 
http://www.nottingham.edu.my/Study/Postgraduate-courses/Geography/Environmental-Monitoring-and-Management-MSc.aspx 
. */Geospatial Science for Development Management - /*The course will 
enable you to develop an understanding of the information needs of 
development management and practical knowledge of the techniques 
available to meet those needs.The taught element covers aspects of 
geospatial problem analysis, system specification, selection, 
organisation and management of data sources, spatial analysis and 
geospatial intelligence techniques as well as project management, 
reporting and communication skills. The development of geospatial 
research training is a key component of the programme, culminating in 
the completion of a dissertation. 
http://www.nottingham.edu.my/Study/Postgraduate-courses/Geography/Geospatial-Science-for-Development-Management-MSc.asp 
. From Vu T. Thuy, Applied GIS RS List.

*Call for papers - PE&RS Special Issue in "Hyperspectral Remote Sensing 
ofVegetation and Agricultural Crops" *Guest editor: Dr. Prasad S. 
Thenkabail (Research Geographer, U.S. Geological Survey) . Email: 
pthenkabail at usgs.gov <mailto:pthenkabail at usgs.gov>.Deadline for 
submission of manuscripts: 1 October2013. Tentative publication date: 1 
August2014. See detailed information in the pdf file available at 
http://goo.gl/vdH5d. From Artur Gil, Applied GiS RS List.

*NEXT ISSUE -- /Detecting and monitoring informal settlements (Part 4 of 
4) /*

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

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