• DocumentCode
    2139785
  • Title

    Landscape ecology of feng shui woodlands and the potential for ecotourism using IKONOS images and GIS

  • Author

    Fung, Tung ; Marafa, Lawal Mohammed

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Geogr. & Resource Manage., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
  • Volume
    6
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    3246
  • Abstract
    Feng shui woodland groves are important cultural heritage and have great potential for ecotourism in Hong Kong. An IKONOS image is used to identify these woodlands using both spectral and textural data. Classifications using both spectral and textural data produce 86% producer´s accuracy but also with a high error of commission. Identification of these woodlands help building a GIS for identifying potential woodland sites for ecotourism.
  • Keywords
    ecology; forestry; image classification; image texture; travel industry; vegetation mapping; GIS; Hong Kong; IKONOS image; IKONOS images; classifications; cultural heritage; ecotourism; feng shui woodlands; landscape ecology; spectral data; textural data; woodland groves; Cultural differences; Environmental factors; Geographic Information Systems; Image databases; Protection; Remote sensing; Resource management; Satellites; Spatial databases; Spatial resolution;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7536-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1027144
  • Filename
    1027144