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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"land cover change analysis"”.
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Land Cover Change Analysis of the Mississippi Gulf Coast from 1975 to 2005 using Landsat MSS and TM Imagery
… In this study, an overall increasing trend in land cover was found in developed land area near interstates and highways along all three coastal counties. A strong positive correlation was observed in Hancock County between developed land and population and developed land and housing units. A …
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Spatial Analysis of La Nana Bayou Watershed to Assess Stream Health
… study was to evaluate the feasibility of using land cover mapping to identify water quality indicators within a river basin, assessing whether this method provides greater efficiency compared to traditional field-based water quality testing. Land cover mapping has efficiently monitored …
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The Mexican Water Forest: benefits of using remote sensing techniques to assess changes in land use and land cover
… fragmentation and deforestation have resulted in changes in the land use and land cover (LULC) in the Mexican Water Forest. Due to the important ecosystem services, and the natural resources this forest provides, in Mexico, it has become increasingly necessary to use new technologies and tools to …
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Building Detection Using a Hybrid Methodology Applied to High Spatial Resolution Aerial Photographs
… applied in various applications, including land cover change analysis, urban planning regulation, economic analysis, disaster assessment, etc.</p> <p>This thesis focuses on applying a hybrid methodology to automatically identify the buildings on digital aerial photographs with high spatial …
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A GIS Assessment of Urban Sprawl in Richmond, Virginia
… Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping and land cover change analysis, neighborhood statistics, community surveying, key-informant interviews with planners and developers, and planning documents to measure sprawl. The study area includes the jurisdictions that comprise the Metropolitan …
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Understanding changes in mangrove forests and the implications to community livelihood and resource management in Kenya
… mangroves are more vulnerable to environmental changes and may be less able to provide the ecosystem services and goods that are crucial to the livelihood of local people. The key outcome of sustainable resource management is to identify ways to improve both environmental quality and the living …
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Assessing processes of long-term land cover change and modelling their effects on tropical forest biodiversity patterns – a remote sensing and GIS-based approach for three landscapes in East Africa
The work describes the processing and analysis of remote sensing time series data for a comparative assessment of changes in different tropical rainforest areas in East Africa. In order to assess the effects of the derived changes in land cover and forest fragmentation, the study made use of …
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Towards supporting cohesive decision making across water, energy and food through understanding challenges in Malawi
… with increasing population, and climate change posing risks to the Earth’s capacity to sustain human life. In 2011, the World Economic Forum identified water, energy and food (WEF) security as a global risk, and the WEF nexus concept was first recognised and described in time for the Bonn …