Forest degradation, a methodological approach usingremote sensing techniques: literature review

• Table of contents
  
• 0. Introduction
  
• 1. Remote Sensing, an Overview
  
  • 1.1. Definitions
    
  • 1.1.1. Analog remote sensing
    
  • 1.1.2. Digital Remote Sensing
    
  • 1.2. Digital image analysis
    
  • 1.2.1. Image Acquisition/Selection
    
  • 1.2.2. Pre-processing
    
  • 1.2.3. Classification
    
  • 1.2.3.2. Combined Approaches.
    
  • 1.2.3.3. Advanced Approaches.
    
  • 1.2.3.4. Object-Based Approaches ( polygon approach)
    
  • 1.2.4. Post-processing
    
  • 1.2.5. Accuracy Assessment
    
  • 1.3. Digital Image Types 1.3.1. Multispectral Imagery
    
  • 1.3.2. Hyperspectral Imagery
    
  • 1.3.3. Digital Camera Imagery
    
  • 1.3.4. Other Imagery
    
• 2. Forest Degradation
  
  • 2.1. Key concepts to forest degradation
    
  • 2.2. Main causes of forest degradation
    
• 3. Mapping forest degradation
  
  • 3.1. Remote sensing in forest degradation
    
  • 3.2. Forest change detection analysis
    
  • 3.3. Direct methods of mapping forest degradation
    
  • 3.4. Indirect methods of forest degradation mapping
    
  • 3.5. Relevancy of different forest degradation approach
    
  • 3.6. The use of vegetation indices as NDVI concept to assess forest degradation
    
  • 3.7. Forest canopy change and remote sensing
    
  • 3.8. Comparing Forest Inventory and Remote Sensing Measurement for forest degradation mapping
    
  • 3.9. Estimating Forest Volume Using Remote Sensing
    
  • 3.10. Estimating forest biomass using remote sensing
    
  • 3.11. Estimating Forest Carbon Stocks from Remotely Sensed Data
    
• 4. Conclusion
  
• 5. References