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Dynamics of Land Use and Land Cover Change Using Remote Sensing and GIS: A Ca...
The importance of accurate and timely information describing the nature and extent of land resources and changes over time is increasing, especially in fast-growing urban areas.... -
Classification of Land Use/Land Cover Changes Using GIS and Remote Sensing Te...
Geographical information system (GIS) techniques and Remote Sensing (RS) data are fundamental in the study of land use (LU) and land cover (LC) changes and classification. The... -
Sensing & GIS Technology: Case study of Pathankot and Dhar Kalan Tehsils, Punjab
"Digital change detection is the process helps in determining the changes associated with land use and land cover properties. Landuse/landcover change detection in the form of... -
Homisland-IO: Homogeneous Land Use/Land Cover over the Small Islands of the I...
Many small islands are located in the southwestern Indian Ocean. These islands have their own environmental specificities and very fragmented landscapes. Generic land use... -
Assessing impacts of Landuse and Landcover changes on hydrology for the upper...
The assessment of Landuse and Landcover (LULC) changes on hydrology is essential for the development of sustainable water resource strategies. Specifically, understanding how... -
Land use and land cover change detection using geospatial techniques in the S...
Mapping and monitoring of land use land cover (LULC) changes in the Himalayas is vital for sustainable development, planning and management. Based on remote sensing (RS) and... -
Monitoring and predicting land use and land cover changes using remote sensin...
This study monitors and predicts land use and cover changes using remote sensing and GIS Techniques-- A case study of a hilly area in Jiangle China -
Quantifying processes of land-cover change by remote sensing: Resettlement an...
The objectives of this study are to quantify, based on remote sensing data, processes of land-cover change and to test a Markov-based model to generate short-term land-cover... -
Nighttime light data reveal how flood protection shapes human proximity to ri...
To understand the spatiotemporal changes of flood risk, we need to determine the way in which humans adapt and respond to flood events. One adaptation option consists of... -
Correlations between Urbanization and Vegetation Degradation across the World...
Changes in biodiversity owing to vegetation degradation resulting from widespread urbanization demands serious attention. However, the connection between vegetation degradation... -
A time series of urban extent in China using DSMP/OLS nighttime light data
Urban extent data play an important role in urban management and urban studies, such as monitoring the process of urbanization and changes in the spatial configuration of urban... -
Using luminosity data as a proxy for economic statistics
One of the pervasive issues in social and environmental research has been to improve the quality of socioeconomic data in developing countries. Because of the shortcoming of... -
Malaria Hazard and Risk Analysis Using Geospatial Techniques in the Case of S...
Malaria is an epidemic disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium and transmitted using the chew of infected female mosquitoes of the species Anopheles. The... -
Monitoring Urban Growth and Land Use/ Cover Changes Using Remote Sensing and ...
Urbanization has a pivotal role to play on land use land cover changes and ecological degradation, in return with some socioeconomic benefits. Hence, it is important to have... -
Flood Forecasting and Stream Flow Simulation of the Upper Awash River Basin, ...
The Geospatial Stream Flow Model (GeoSFM) has been widely applied in data scarce regions for flood forecasting and streamflow simulation with remotely acquired data. GeoSFM was... -
Tracking Electrification in Vietnam Using Nighttime Lights
We report on a systematic ground-based validation of DMSP-OLS night lights imagery to detect rural electrification in Vietnam. Based on an original survey of village-level units... -
Assessment of Land Use and Land Cover Change Using GIS and Remote Sensing Tec...
The surface of the earth is undergoing rapid land-use/land-cover (LULC) changes due to various socioeconomic activities and natural phenomena. The main aim of this study was to... -
Evaluating urban expansion and land use change in Shijiazhuang, China, by usi...
This paper presents an integrated study of urbanization trends in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province of China, by using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing.... -
Evaluating the Utility of Remotely Sensed Soil Moisture Retrievals for Operat...
Soil moisture is a fundamental data source used by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) International Production Assessment Division (IPAD) to monitor crop growth... -
Grassland degradation in Northern Tibet based on remote sensing data
This study selected vegetation cover as the main evaluation index, calculated the grassland degradation index (GDI) and established the remote sensing monitoring and evaluation...