Preface

Chapter 7 **A Collection of Novel Algorithms for Wetland Classification**

Manesh, Jean Granger, Sahel Mahdavi and Brian Brisco

Chapter 8 **Combining the Aesthetic and Ecological Aspects of Man-Made**

Chapter 9 **A Large-Scale Wetland Conversion Project in Southeastern Missouri: Sustainability of Water and Soil 153**

Chapter 10 **Assessing the Drivers of Wetland Changes in Areas Associated**

Thomas Marambanyika and Mbulisi Sibanda

Bahram Salehi, Masoud Mahdianpari, Meisam Amani, Fariba M.

Michael Thomas Aide, Byron McVay, Indi Braden and Christine Aide

**with Wildlife-Based Tourism Activities in Zimbabwe 169**

**with SAR and Optical Data 109**

**Structures on Coastal Wetlands 133**

**Section 4 Human-made Structures 131**

Lee-Hsueh Lee

**VI** Contents

**Section 5 Valuation of Wetlands 151**

Wetlands are ecosystems where water is the major controlling factor for the environment and cover a small area of the earth's surface (4–6%). These ecosystems are some of the most productive environments in the world. Major wetland types (marine/coastal wetlands, in‐ land wetlands, and human-made wetlands) are becoming more crucial than ever for the sus‐ tenance of life in the world. Wetlands are the only ecosystems for whose conservation an international convention—the Ramsar Convention—was adopted as early as 1971. On the other hand, wetlands are constantly under threat by different effects, especially human ac‐ tivities. More essentially, some publications reveal the situations (political, institutional, cul‐ tural, economic, and ecologic) in countries that shape their wetland monitoring and management regulations and conservations.

*Wetlands Management—Assessing Risk and Sustainable Solutions* is among a number of books that look at the deficiencies in the issue. Particularly, climatic change and industrialization by anthropogenic activities are now accepted as a fact by most wetland ecosystem scientists. The purpose of this book is to help graduate scholars, scientists, and decision-makers utilize a methodology appropriate for a specific problem. Each chapter takes a crucial look at dif‐ ferent approaches to the solution and analyzes wetland problems in the laboratory or in the field by collecting data.

The principal objective of this book is to provide unity and coherence in the studies of wet‐ lands. To do so, the book is divided into five main sections:


The book aims to remedy this deficiency and both its content and authors have been select‐ ed with this purpose. Each author has knowledge of research, management, or practice on wetland assessment. Thus, the book concludes with an international view on wetland classi‐ fication, problems, solutions, conservation, and restoration. I wish to thank all authors from many different regions of the world (Canada, China, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, South Africa, Swaziland, Taiwan, Turkey, United States of America, and Zimbabwe). This book could not have been possible without them.

Finally, I offer special thanks to Author Service Managers Romina Skomeršić, Irina Štefanić, Kristina Jurdana, and Anja Filipović for their help in publishing the book in its present form. I am also grateful for IntechOpen Publishers for their concern, efforts, and encouragement.

> **Dr. Didem Gokce** Department of Biology Faculty of Science and Letters Inonu University Malatya, Turkey

**Introduction**

**Section 1**

**Section 1**
