Wetlands Management

Assessing Risk and Sustainable Solutions

Didem Gökçe

• Publisher: IntechOpen
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN:
  9781789850130
• eBook ISBN:
  9781838818340
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Ecology
• Index: Biological Sciences

Wetlands include mangroves, peatlands and marshes, rivers and lakes, deltas, floodplains, rice fields, and even coral reefs. It is known that wetlands are ecologically sensitive systems and the most vulnerable of habitats. Anthropogenic activities (urbanization, water uses, land cover changes, industrial activity, pollution, climatic change, etc.) have direct and indirect effects on wetlands. The evaluation of wetlands with a multidisciplinary perspective in environmental sciences and social sciences provides efficient results. Each chapter takes a crucial look at different approaches to the solution by analyzing wetland problems in the laboratory or in the field and collecting data. The purpose of this book is to help researchers, scientists, and decision-makers utilize a methodology appropriate for a specific problem.

Table of contents

• Wetlands Management - Assessing Risk and Sustainable Solutions
• Contents
• Preface
• Section 1 Introduction
• Section 2 Water Quality and Diversity in Wetlands
• Chapter 2 - Isotopic Signatures (δ13C and δ15N) and Characteristics of Two Wetland Soils in Lesotho, Southern Africa
• Chapter 3 - Metals Pollution in Tropical Wetlands
• Chapter 4 - Macroalgae Species as Zonal Indicators of Coral Reef: A Case Study from Bet Shankhodhar Reef, India
• Section 3 - Geographic Information System (GIS) andRemote Sensing Applications
• Chapter 5 - Wetland Monitoring and Mapping Using Synthetic
• Chapter 6 - Mapping and Monitoring Wetland Dynamics Using Thermal, Optical, and SAR Remote Sensing Data
• Chapter 7 - A Collection of Novel Algorithms for Wetland Classification with SAR and Optical Data
• Section 4 - Human-made Structures
• Chapter 8 - Combining the Aesthetic and Ecological Aspects of Man-Made Structures on Coastal Wetlands
• Section 5 - Valuation of Wetlands
• Chapter 9 - A Large-Scale Wetland Conversion Project in Southeastern Missouri: Sustainability of Water and Soil
• Chapter 10 - Assessing the Drivers of Wetland Changes in Areas Associated with Wildlife-Based Tourism Activities inZimbabwe