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Park Management in Ghana Using GIS and Remote Sensing Technology


Dr. Twumasi has written a fascinating study of deforestation in the country of Ghana and the ways that technologies of geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing can be used to monitor its forest.

This book has been beautifully structured by locating the conversation within the global context against the backdrop of a review of the literature on the subject. In the first chapter the author looks at the causes of and extent of deforestation around the world and the ways forest degradation can be monitored. The second chapter turns to an examination of different kinds of parks and park management in both developed and developing countries.

The third chapter introduces GIS and remote sensing technologies and the many ways they can be utilized in park management. Problems specific to developing countries are examined in relation to these.

The fourth chapter turns to the country Ghana, providing a general overview of the country, its parks and reserves, problems of deforestation, and monitoring technologies.

This chapter sets the basis for chapters five through ten, which examine two national parks in Ghana - the Kakum National Park and the Digya National Park - and describe how GIS and remote sensing could assist in the development of databases, park management, planning for the future, and more. This study concludes with 12 appendices, a thorough bibliography and index.

The book has been introduced by a good commendatory preface by Dr. Tommy Coleman, who speaks highly of the author and the many contributions to scholarship he has made. Twumasi's work has been beautifully written and formatted and cogently argued.

Title
Park Management in Ghana Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing Technology

Author
Yaw A. Twumasi

Publisher
Edwin Mellen Press: Lewiston, 2005
Physcial Description: 329 pp.,illustrations, tables, photos, maps (some color), 24 cm.
Bibliography notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.295-323) and index

Subject
National parks and reserves - Ghana - management, Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing

ISBN 0773459901 (Hard cover)
Price $119.95 / £74.95

Reviewed by
Professor Ruth Ragovin, 10W. College St. Sparta, TN 38583, U.S.A.

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