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Showing 1 to 20 of 74 for “"land use and land cover"”.
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Dynamics of land use and land cover changes in China
… depreciation of its stocks of natural capital and produced capital. Thus, these indicators allow trade-offs where, for example, natural capital might be depreciated in order to build up other forms of capital, such as in the built environment or in the form of human capital. As an application …
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Towards a Polyalgorithm for Land Use and Land Cover Change Detection
Earth observation satellites (EOS) such as Landsat provide image datasets that can be immensely useful in numerous application domains. One way of analyzing satellite images for land use and land cover change (LULCC) is time series analysis (TSA). Several algorithms for time series analysis have …
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Quantification of land use and land cover in a Monsoon agricultural mosaic from space
Land use and land cover (LULC) are fundamental elements of the global ecosystem and LULC changes are key aspects of global change. Information on LULC is essential in a wide range of research fields, including environmental science, ecosystem services, and environmental decision making. The quality …
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War and Agriculture: Three Decades of Agricultural Land Use and Land Cover Change in Iraq
… using satellite remote sensing, changed during and as a result of war and sanctions. The first study used MODIS NDVI data during OIF and the end of UN sanctions to study changes in cultivated area for Iraq as a whole and to identify spatial patterns. The results revealed significant changes in …
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A Deep Learning Framework for Investigating Spatio-temporal Evolution of Land Use and Land Cover Patterns
… climate change, biodiversity, food production, and social-economic inequality. This makes it urgent to understand the changes in urban Land-use and Land-cover (LULC) patterns. At present, the understanding of the spatio-temporal evolution of LULC patterns is heavily constrained by the lack of …
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Land Use and Land Cover Change in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem, Montana, USA from 1992-2011
In recent decades land use and land cover change (LULCC) has occurred throughout the Intermountain West. The Crown of the Continent Ecosystem (CCE) extends along the Rocky Mountains adjacent to the Canada-U.S. International border. In the U.S. portion of the CCE, located in northwestern Montana, …
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The Mexican Water Forest: benefits of using remote sensing techniques to assess changes in land use and land cover
… urbanization, agriculture, road 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 …
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Representing complex multisector, human systems into land use and land cover mapping to inform sustainability and future societal development.
… modern society has required the Earth’s surface and its natural systems to change drastically and in-step with technological progress. Although societal development is necessary to maintain the human population, it directly impacts the land with large-scale deforestation and habitat …
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Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Monitoring Land Use and Land Cover Change in the Nandoni Dam Basin
Land use activities and land cover (LULC) changes have been widely acknowledged as the main drivers of environmental change at all spatial-temporal scales in some South African dam basins. The consequence of these land use activities causes encroachments, land cover changes, sediment deposits, …
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Dialectics of Rural Change: A Political Economy of Livelihoods and Land Use and Land Cover Change in Rural Western Kenya
… examines the political economy of livelihoods and land use and land cover change in rural western Kenya during a period of economic change. The research findings are presented in three stand-alone papers. The first paper examines the initiatives and policies implemented by the state in the past …
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Analysis of land use and land cover change and its impact on soil erosion in Nzhelele Valley, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Globally, the rate of land use and land cover changes has affeceted the magnitude of soil eroion. Strategies to combat soil erosion can give assistance as solutions to provide food security in many agricultural areas. Although some changes are caused by natural factors, anthropogenic factors and an …
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Detecting and predicting land use and land cover change in the cross-sanaga-bioko coastal forest region for sustainable forest management
This study assesses forest, agriculture and built-up areas change in the Cross-Sanaka-Bioko (CSB) region from 2000 to 2021, aiming to provide reliable data for sustainable forest management practices. This analysis will be accomplished with the aid of GIS tools (Google Earth Engine and ArcGIS Pro) …
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Optical and radar remote sensing of land use and land cover change in the tropics: An assessment of deforestation and secondary vegetation
<p>Quantification of the direct impact of land use in the tropics on net biotic carbon flux requires estimates of rates of deforestation, pre- and post-disturbance biomass, and fate of the cleared land. Synoptic observations of the extent, persistence, rates of secondary succession, and structure …
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Impacts of Land Use and Land Cover Changes, and Climate Variability on Hydrology and Soil Erosion in the Upper Ruvu Watershed, Tanzania
Land alterations including deforestation, unsustainable land management practices and an increase in cultivated areas have occurred in the Upper Ruvu watershed in recent decades threatening water and natural resources. This study, which used a combination of remote sensing techniques, field …
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THE INFLUENCE OF SEASON, FLOW REGIME, AND WATERSHED LAND USE AND LAND COVER ON NUTRIENT DELIVERY TO TWO RAPIDLY URBANIZING WATERSHEDS IN CENTRAL INDIANA, USA
… between temperate stream geochemistry and watershed land cover in two temperate streams, Fishback Creek and School Branch Creek, located in a rapidly urbanizing area on the northwest side of Indianapolis in Eagle Creek Watershed, Indiana. The temporal and spatial patterns of NO3-N, PO4, …
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A Comparison of Land Use and Land Cover in Public Lands of the Northwestern Great Plains and High Plains Ecoregions and the Implications For Grassland Birds
<p>Loss and degradation of grassland habitat are driving forces that contribute to widespread declines of grassland birds in the United States. Many studies have evaluated habitat needs for the conservation of grassland birds, but the relative contribution of public lands in representing and …
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Changing Land Use in the Rural-Urban Fringe: A Case Study of Southwest Grand Forks
<p>Between 1954 and 1980 significant changes took place in southwest Grand Forks. The predominant land use in 1954 was cultivated cropland, which covered 80.5 percent of the total study area. By 1980 cropland had declined to 26.7 percent of the total, with urban land uses such as single family …
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Intensification of agriculture and livestock based on low carbon technologies in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest
The Amazon and the Atlantic Forest are Brazilian biomes that have undergone intense land use and cover changes, marked by the loss of native forest and the expansion of agriculture and livestock. These are areas with potential use for intensification based on low-carbon technologies, but this …
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Carbon management and scenario planning at the landscape scale with GIS
Carbon Management and Scenario Planning at the Landscape Scale with GIS By: Shabnam Delfan Azari It is now widely believed that globally averaged temperatures will rise significantly over the next 100 years as a result of increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG) such as …
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