Integrating GIS and remote sensing for assessing the impact of disturbance on habitat diversity and land cover change in a post-mining landscape [Elektronische Ressource] / by Effah Kwabena Antwi

PhD Dissertation Integrating GIS and Remote Sensing for Assessing the Impact of Disturbance on Habitat Diversity and Land Cover Change in a Post-Mining Landscape A thesis approved by the Faculty of Environmental Science and Process Engineering at the Brandenburg University of Technology in Cottbus in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of an academic degree in Ph.D. Environmental and Resource Management. By Effah Kwabena ANTWI M.Sc. Environmental and Resource Management BSc. Biological Sciences Place of Birth: Abetifi – GHANA Supervisor: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Gerhard Wiegleb Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil., Dipl.-Math. Albrecht Gnauck 24.03.09 Date of Oral Examination: BTU Cottbus Dept. of General Ecology Impact of Disturbance on Diversity and LCC Using GIS and Remote Sensing Declarations This doctoral dissertation “Integrating GIS and Remote Sensing for Assessing the Impact of Disturbance on Habitat Diversity and Land Cover Change in Post-Mining Landscape” was completed and written independently by me ANTWI Effah Kwabena. I hereby declare that: 1. This PhD thesis was completed and written independently and that all used sources and tools are indicated in the thesis. 2. The publication of the thesis does not violate any copyright rules. All other work and/or words of others are appropriately cited or quoted. 3.