Forest Management and the Water Cycle: An Integrated Introduction to Scaling

Scaling is a multifaceted methodology which can be applied in a great variety of forest hydrological and management contexts. The purpose of this introduction is to provide an overview of Part III of this book which addresses various scaling applications in forest management and hydrology. It provides an integrated overview of commonly applied scaling procedures in computer cartography and establishes links between modelling, geographic mapping and remote sensing. The following chapters provide deeper insights into the theoretical and practical concepts of scaling using information from numerous forest studies which have been performed across Europe.