[Forest-list] 2013-03-31 NRMI: This Issue: Detecting and Monitoring, Informal Settlements, Favelas, and Slums (Part 4 of 4) and Some Other Good Things

[H. Gyde Lund]

*2013-03-31**NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST*

This Issue:*/Detecting and Monitoring, Informal Settlements, Favelas, 
and Slums (Part 4 of 4)/ *and Some Other Good Things

*DETECTING AND MONITORING, INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS, FAVELAS, AND SLUMS 
(Part 4 of 4) -- *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:

Parbhoo, Chetna. 2009, *An Ontology-driven Sensor Web Application for 
Detecting and Classifying Informal Settlements*. 
<http://books.google.com/books/about/An_Ontology_driven_Sensor_Web_Applicatio.html?id=C---YgEACAAJ>328 
p. Book listing.

Parham, Ded. 2012. *The segregated classes: spatial and social 
relationships in slums* 
<http://www.sss8.cl/media/upload/paginas/seccion/8150_1.pdf>*.*19 p.

Paudyal, Dev Raj; McDougall, Kevin. 2010. *Spatial Data Infrastructure 
for Pro-poor Land Management.* 
<http://www.fig.net/pub/fig2010/ppt/ts10b/ts10b_mcdougall_ppt_4171.pdf>11 p. 


Pearce, Joshua. 2011. *Examining Social Barriers to Open Source 
Appropriate Technology and Innovation through Collaboration with 
Information and Communication Technology.* 
<http://www.academia.edu/1484557/Examining_Social_Barriers_to_Open_Source_Appropriate_Technology_and_Innovation_through_Collaboration_with_Information_and_Communication_Technology>Abstracts. 


Pereira, Julio Roberto. 2011. *Targeting deprivation through qualitative 
and quantitative indicators. Case study of Kisumu Kenya.* 
<http://www.itc.nl/library/papers_2011/msc/upm/pereira.pdf>Thesis 86 p.

Potsiou, Chryssy. 2010. *Rapid Urbanization and Mega Cities: The Need 
for Spatial Information Management* 
<http://www.fig.net/pub/figpub/pub48/figpub48.pdf>. Research study by 
FIG Commission 3. 91 p.

Rhinane, Hassan et al.2011. *Detecting Slums from SPOT Data in 
Casablanca Morocco Using an Object Based Approach.* 
<http://www.scirp.org/fileOperation/downLoad.aspx?path=JGIS20110300009_20564556.pdf&type=journal>**Journal 
of Geographic Information System 3, 217-224.

Schilderman, Theo. 2002. *Strengthening the knowledge and information 
systems of the urban poor*. 
<http://www.cysewski.com/sabbatical/kis_urban_poor_report_march2002.doc%20and%20http:/www.dfid.gov.uk/r4d/pdf/outputs/R73951.pdf>DFID. 
53 p.

Shah, Nilopa. 2012. *Characterizing Slums and Slum-Dwellers: Exploring 
Household-level Indonesian Data* 
<http://www.socsci.uci.edu/%7Enilopas/slums_Shah.pdf>. 37 p.

Shamsuddoha, Md; Chowdhury, Rezaul Karim. 2009. *Climate Change Induced 
Forced Migrants: in need of dignified recognition under a new protocol* 
<http://www.glogov.org/images/doc/equitybd.pdf>*.*10 p.

Shekhar, Sulochana. 2012. *Detecting Slums from Quick Bird Data in Pune 
using an Object Oriented Approach* 
<http://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XXXIX-B8/519/2012/isprsarchives-XXXIX-B8-519-2012.pdf>.International 
Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information 
Sciences, Volume XXXIX-B8

Shekhar, Sulochana. 2012. *Modeling the probably growth of slums by 
using Geoinformatics* 
<http://www.iseeadyar.org/ijid/archvies/aug-12/IJID-0077-Sulochanasekhar.pdf>*.*Indian 
J. Innovations Dev.1(8): 11 p.

Sietchiping, Remy. 2004, *A Geographic Information Systems and Cellular 
Automata-Based Model of Informal Settlement Growth.* 
<http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.83.3438&rep=rep1&type=pdf>Submitted 
in total fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of 
Philosophy. 272 p.

Silveira, Marcelo Teixeira. 2012. *Building 3D Detection and Extraction 
in Informal Settlement Areas.* 
<http://www.lvc.ele.puc-rio.br/wp/?p=791>Abstract.

*Slum population as percentage of urban, percentage* 
<http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/seriesdetail.aspx?srid=710>

Sobhlan, Zafar. 2008.***Out of place, out of time.* 
<http://www.himalmag.com/component/content/article/898-out-of-place-out-of-time.html>**

Stasolla, M.;Gamba, P. 2007. *Exploiting spatial patterns for informal 
settlement detection in arid environments using optical spaceborne data* 
<http://www.pf.bv.tum.de/isprs/pia07/puba/PIA07_Stasolla_Gamba.pdf>*.*International 
Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information 
Sciences, 36 (3/W49A).

*Statistics on Poverty, Urbanization and Slums.* 
<http://filipspagnoli.wordpress.com/stats-on-human-rights/statistics-on-poverty/statistics-on-poverty-urbanization-and-slums/>

Stefanidis, Anthony et al. 2012. *Social Media and the Emergence of 
Open-Source Geospatial Intelligence* 
<http://css.gmu.edu/andrew/research/USGIFmonograph.pdf>*. *18 p.

Stellmacher, Glen.L. 2011. *Mapping Kibera: New Strategies for Mapping 
and Improving the Slum*. 
<http://mapkibera.org/wiki/images/4/49/Stellmacher_MappingKibera_Project.pdf>ARCH 
442 Middle East & Africa Seminar. Final Independent Research Report. 22 p.

Sur, Ujjwal et al.2004? *Identification / Mapping of Slum Environment 
using IKONOS Satellite Data: A Case Study of Dehradun, India.* 
<http://www.gisdevelopment.net/application/environment/pp/mi04011a.htm>4 p.

Syaiful, Achmad; Rahmy, Widyastri Atsary n.d. *Slum Open Source Database 
Network.* 
<http://arte-polis.info/past/arte-polis3/files/ArtePolis3_abs_SYAIFUL_RAHMY_Slum%20Open%20Source%20Database%20Network.pdf> 
Arte-Polis 3 International Conference - Creative Collaboration and the 
Making of Place. Abstract.

Thomson, Curtis N. 1998? *Remote Sensing of Informal Housing Settlements 
in Metropolitan Bangkok* <http://spacejournal.ohio.edu/pdf/thomson.pdf>. 
18 p.

Truscello, Ben. N.d.. *Mapping Africa's Largest Slum.* 
<http://metabent.com/mapping-africas-largest-slum/>

Tsai, Yu Hsin et al. 2011. *Comparison of Object-Based Image Analysis 
Approaches to Mapping New Buildings in Accra, Ghana Using Multi-Temporal 
QuickBird Satellite Imagery* 
<http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/3/12/2707/pdf>. Remote Sens. 3, 2707-2726.

Turkstra, Jan; Raithelhuber, Martin. 2005. *Urban Slum Mentioning.* 
<http://koreanpopnews.com/pdf/pdf/download/proceedings__esri__com--library--userconf--proc04--docs--pap1667.pdf>13 
p.

UN-Habitat. 2006. *State of the World's Cities 2006/7.* 
<http://www.unhabitat.org/pmss/getElectronicVersion.aspx?nr=2101&alt=1>The 
Millennium Urban Sustainability: 30 Years of Shaping the Habitat Agenda. 
108 p.

UN-HABITAT.2002. *Expert Group Meeting on Urban Indicators - Secure 
Tenure, Slums and Global Sample of Cities* 
<http://www.citiesalliance.org/sites/citiesalliance.org/files/expert-group-meeting-urban-indicators%5B1%5D.pdf>33 
p.

UNODC. 2011. *Introductory Handbook on Policing Urban Space.* 
<http://www.unodc.org/documents/justice-and-prison-reform/crimeprevention/11-80387_ebook.pdf>Criminal 
Justice Handbook Series. 118 p.

UNPD. 2008. *An overview of urbanization, internal migration, population 
distribution and development in the world* 
<http://www.un.org/esa/population/meetings/EGM_PopDist/P01_UNPopDiv.pdf>*.*UN/POP/EGM-URB/2008/01 
. 34 p.

*Using eCognition to detect informal settlements from IKONOS images*. 
<http://www.ecognition.com/sites/default/files/definiens_eCognition_informal_settlements_Ikonos_images.pdf>

Veljanovski, Tatjana. et al.2012. *Object-Based Image Analysis of VHR 
Satellite Imagery for Population Estimation in Informal Settlement 
Kibera-Nairobi, Kenya.* 
<http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs/37546/InTech-Object_based_image_analysis_of_vhr_satellite_imagery_for_population_estimation_in_informal_settlement_kibera_nairobi_kenya.pdf>**29 
p.

Verma, Ravindra Kumar et al. n.d.*Application of remote sensing and GIS 
technique for efficient urban planning in India* 
<http://www.csre.iitb.ac.in/%7Ecsre/conf/wp-content/uploads/fullpapers/OS4/OS4_13.pdf>. 
23 p.

Weber, Christiane. 2008? *From slums detection to slum 
definition...Urban remote sensing: recent technological and 
methodological developments* 
<http://www.alnap.org/pool/files/weber-from-slums-detection-to-slum-definition.pdf>63 
p.

Young, Gina. 2010. *Socioeconomic analysis of informal settlement growth 
in Dar es Salamm: the concept for an agent based model.* 
<http://www.itc.nl/library/papers_2010/msc/upm/young.pdf>Thesis. 139 p. __

*SOME OTHER PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST*

FAO. 2007? *Global Gateway to Geographic Information Systems (GIS), 
Remote Sensing and Mapping for Aquaculture and Inland Fisheries. 
<http://www.fao.org/knowledge/documents-detail/en/c/115907/?type=list> *

Foster, Aylson. 2013.*Declining Forests In The Eastern United States As 
Seen From Space. 
<http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/03/07/declining-forests-in-the-eastern-united-states-as-seen-from-space/>* 
National Geographic News Watch.

García, Mauricio Labrador et al. 2013.*Satellites pour la Télédétection 
appliquée à la gestion territoriale 
<http://www.satelmac.com/images/stories/Documentos/catalogo_satelites_fr.pdf>. 
*Project SATELMAC, Programme de Coopération Transnational Madère -- 
Açores - Canaries -2007-2013 (PCT-MAC).65 p. From Artur Gil, Applied GIS 
RS List.**

Glenn, N.F. et al. 2010. *Errors in LiDAR-derived shrub height and crown 
area on sloped terrain 
<http://bcal.geology.isu.edu/docs/Glennetal2010JAE.pdf>*, Journal of 
Arid Environments. 6 p.

Hossler, Katie; Bouchard, Virginie. 2010. *Soil development and 
establishment of carbon-based properties in created freshwater marshes. 
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/08-1330.1>* Ecological Applications 20:539--553.

Junttila, Virpi et al. 2011.*Strategies for minimizing sample size for 
use in airborne LiDAR-based forest inventory. 
<http://profile.usgs.gov/myscience/upload_folder/ci2013Jan2812492871597Juntilla_FEM_2013.pdf>* 
Forest Ecology and Management. 292:75-85

Kim, Yunsuk et al 2009. *Distinguishing between live and dead standing 
tree biomass on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, USA using 
small-footprint lidar data. 
<http://naldc.nal.usda.gov/download/36116/PDF>* Remote Sensing of 
Environment. 113: 2499-2510.

Köhl, Michael et al. 2011. *Implications of sampling design and sample 
size for national carbon accounting systems 
<http://www.cbmjournal.com/content/6/1/10>*. Carbon Balance and 
Management.6:10

Lacher, T.E., et al.. 2012. *The IUCN global assessments: partnerships, 
collaboration and data sharing for biodiversity science and policy 
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00249.x/abstract>*. 
Conserv. Lett. 5(5):327-333. Abstract.

Li, Yuzhen. 2009. *Towards Small-footprint Airborne LiDAR-assisted Large 
Scale Operational Forest Inventory - A case study of integrating LiDAR 
data into Forest Inventory and Analysis in Kenai Peninsula, Alaska 
<http://www.sefs.washington.edu/research.pfc/pages/theses/yuzhen.pdf>*. 
Dissertation. University of Washington. 118 p.

Lindenmayer, D.B., et al. 2012. *Value of long-term ecological studies. 
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02351.x/abstract>* 
Austral Ecol. 37(7):745-757. Abstract.

Lloyd, Colin R; et al.. 2013 *Providing low-budget estimations of carbon 
sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions in agricultural wetlands 
<http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/8/1/015010/pdf/1748-9326_8_1_015010.pdf>* 
Environ. Res. Lett. 8 015010 (13pp).

Lõhmus, P., et al. 2012. *Old selectively cut forests can host rich 
lichen communities - lessons from an exhaustive field survey 
<http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/schweiz/novh/2012/00000095/f0020003/art00013>*. 
Nova Hedwigia 95(3-4):493-515. Abstract.

Marcott, Shaun A. et al. 2013. *A Reconstruction of Regional and Global 
Temperature for the Past 11,300 Years 
<http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6124/1198.abstract?sid=574edc78-2eb7-4b18-91c2-db223cde68c6>*. 
Abstract.

Sumberg, J. et al. 2013. *Why agronomy in the developing world has 
become contentious 
<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10460-012-9376-8?LI=true#page-1>*. 
Agriculture and Human Values 30: 71-83. From Sebastião Kengen, Brazil.

Wang, Le; Wu, Changshan. 2010. *Population estimation using remote 
sensing and GIS technologies* 
<http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01431161.2010.496809>. Int. 
J. Remote Sensing 31(21): 5569-5570. Abstract.

World Bank. 2011. *Guide to climate change adaptation in cities* 
<http://web.mit.edu/dusp/idg/GuideToClimateChangeAdaptationInCities_102711.pdf>.106 
p.

*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>

*UNEDP's Environmental Data Explorer*- UNEDP's Environmental Data 
Explorer is the authoritative source for data sets used by UNEP and its 
partners in the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) report and other 
integrated environment assessments. Its online database holds more than 
500 different variables, as national, subregional, regional and global 
statistics or as geospatial data sets (maps), covering themes like 
Freshwater, Population, Forests, Emissions, Climate, Disasters, Health 
and GDP. Display them on-the-fly as maps, graphs, data tables or 
download the data in different formats. For full details see: 
http://free-gis-data.blogspot.com/2013/02/unedp-environmental-data-explorer.html. 
 From Shaan W., IFL.

*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/.

8-9 May 2013. *Persuasive Communication and Presentation of 
Environmental Projects*. Sacramento, California, USA. NWETC Course. This 
course is also available on other dates and at different locations See 
https://www.nwetc.org/course-catalog/com-410-may-8-9-2013

*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/_.

*Call for Papers: PE&RS special issue on remote sensing of soils for 
environmental assessment & management*- A special call for papers has 
been announced by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote 
Sensing for the April 2014 issue of Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote 
Sensing entitled, "Remote Sensing of Soils for Environmental Assessment 
and Management." Imaging systems integrated with complex analytical 
methods will revolutionize the way we inventory and manage soil 
resources across a wide range of scientific disciplines and application 
domains. This special issue will highlight systems and methods that 
directly benefit environmental professionals who focus on imaging and 
geospatial information for improved understanding, management, and 
monitoring of soil resources. 
http://www.asprs.org/PE-RS-Submissions-Policy-and-Guidelines/Call-for-Papers-Remote-Sensing-of-Soils-for-Environmental-Assessment-and-Management.html. 
 From Artur Gil, Applied GIS RS List.

*OR/WA/CA USFS Forest Inventory and Analysis temporary seasonal 
positions*. The Pacific Northwest Research Station's Resource Monitoring 
and Assessment Program, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) is 
conducting outreach for at least two seasonal temporary (not to exceed 
1039 hours) Data Collection Field Crew Members GS-462-5 or 6 (highest 
priority location of hires will be Klamath Falls, Oregon and La Grande, 
Oregon). We will be filling these positions through national Open 
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information about the vacancies and the duties of the job please 
contact: Jane Terzibashian jterzibashian at fs.fed.us 
<mailto:jterzibashian at fs.fed.us>. From Shirley Cromwell, USFS.

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