Lynda Olman, Birgit Schneider

Global Forest Visualization (eBook, ePUB)

From Green Marbles to Storyworlds

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book project examines global forest monitoring as a means to understand the promises and problems of global visualization for climate management.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040013342
• Artikelnr.: 69958129

Autorenporträt

Lynda Olman is Professor of English at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA. She is the author of Scientists as Prophets (2013) and the editor of Global Rhetorics of Science (2023), as well as other books on the rhetoric of science. Her current work focuses on improving risk visualizations to support robust decision-making on environmental and climatic issues.

Birgit Schneider is Professor of Knowledge Cultures and Media Environments at the Potsdam University Institute for Arts and Media, Germany. Her current research concentrates on the visual communication of climate since 1800 and a genealogy of climate change visualization between science, aesthetics, and politics.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One-The Promises and Problems of Global Forest Visualization
Chapter Two-Forest Maps: The Datafication of Forests From a Media Theory
Perspective
Chapter Three-Zooming Into Google Gaia Maps: From Globalization to
Glocalization of Forests
Chapter Four-Forests as Stories: Storyworld Networks as Alternatives to
Google Gaia
Chapter Five-Case Study: Global Forest Watch
Chapter Six-Insights From Developers and Users of GFW
Chapter Seven-From Green Marbles to Storyworlds