Title :
Using GIS to quantify mountains in China
Author :
Xiaobo Jiang ; Wei Ji ; Hongcheng Zeng ; Leiting Chen ; Mai-He Li
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Mountain Hazards & Environ., Chengdu, China
Abstract :
Studying the natural resources, environment, and socioeconomic development of China´s mountain areas is difficult without a clear quantification of those mountains. Quantification is also essential for developing digital mountains. Using GIS and the digital elevation model, this research effort quantified and classified China´s mountains according to domestic and international criteria.
Keywords :
digital elevation models; geographic information systems; natural resources; socio-economic effects; China mountain areas; GIS; digital elevation model; digital mountains; domestic criteria; environment development; international criteria; natural resource; quantification; socioeconomic development; Agriculture; Cultural differences; Ecosystems; Floods; Geographic Information Systems; Hazards; Humans; Soil; Sustainable development; Terrain factors; Mountains; digital elevation model; digital mountains; geographic information system;
Journal_Title :
Computing in Science & Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/MCSE.2010.18
