{"product_id":"monitoring-biodiversity-anna-allard-9781032015941","title":"Monitoring Biodiversity: Combining Environmental and Social Data","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is an exciting reappraisal of the role and practice of biodiversity monitoring, showing how new technologies and software applications are rapidly maturing and can both complement and maintain continuity with the best practice in traditional field skills.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironmental monitoring is a key component in a large number of national programmes and constitutes an important aspect of understanding environmental change and supporting policy development. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, \u003ci\u003eMonitoring Biodiversity \u003c\/i\u003ebegins by discussing monitoring as an established field and examines the various budgetary and technological challenges. It examines different methodologies, the variation between countries, and the design features relevant to understanding monitoring systems created for new policy goals or different funding situations. The huge variety of methods revealed across 18 chapters, which vary from statistical designs to remote sensing, interviews, surveys, and new ways of stacking and combining data and thematic information for visualization and modelling, underlines just how mature and multifaceted the modern practice of monitoring can be. It concludes with several problem-based chapters that discuss the design and implementation of environmental monitoring in specific scenarios such as urban and aquatic areas. All chapters include key messages, study questions, and further reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith a focus on Europe but with international relevance, \u003ci\u003eMonitoring Biodiversity\u003c\/i\u003e will be an essential resource for students at all levels of environmental monitoring, assessment, and management.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anna Allard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032015942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032015941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.69h x 6.85w x 0.85d","brand":"Anna Allard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44616608415999,"sku":"9781032015941","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2cdd3ece-d339-4b54-977f-61e826c1c235.jpg?v=1703021289","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/monitoring-biodiversity-anna-allard-9781032015941","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}