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Changes in Impervious Surfaces in Lhasa City, a Historical City on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

, 2023
Impervious surface cover reflects the urban environment and urban expansion. Lhasa City is a historical city and one of the most populous on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, and has been experiencing rapid urbanization in recent years.
Xin Tan, Sishi Wang, Fenglei Fan
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Investigating the warming effect of urban expansion on lake surface water temperature in the Dianchi lake watershed

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2023
Study region: Dianchi lake (DCL) watershed, located in southwestern China, has undergone significant urbanization. Study focus: Due to the accelerating urbanization in the watershed, the influence of urban expansion on lake surface water temperature ...
Yi Luo, Linfeng Tang, Kun Yang, Xiaolu Zhou, Jing Liu, Yang Zhang, Zongqi Peng   +6 more
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An automatic, rapid and continuous impervious surface mapping framework based on historical land cover datasets

Geo-spatial Information Science
Long time series impervious surface mapping (ISM) is important for understanding urban expansion, environmental impacts, and urban planning. There are some historical global ISM products, such as GAIA and NUACI datasets, whereas they may not meet the ...
Lingyu Sun, Chen Wu, Liangpei Zhang, Haonan Guo   +3 more
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Legacy effects of redlining on the distribution of greenspaces in US cities

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
We investigated how a discriminatory housing policy—redlining—has shaped the spatial patterns and configurations of greenspaces throughout 177 cities in the contiguous US. Housing segregation has been a long‐term development practice that has sequestered communities of color to areas with elevated environmental and public health risks.
Travis Gallo, Mason Fidino, Christopher J Schell, Marccus D Hendricks, Seth B Magle   +4 more
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Coal Mining as a Driver of Land Use and Land Cover Change and Degradation: A Case in Moatize City, Mozambique

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Coal remains a major global energy source despite ongoing environmental controversies, particularly, regarding climate change and landscape transformation. This study investigates the spatiotemporal dynamics of land use and land cover (LULC) in the Moatize Coal Basin (MCB), Mozambique, between 1990 and 2024, with a specific focus on land ...
Ivan Latinho Naite, Basílio Fernandez Fernandez, Gilney Figueira Zebende   +2 more
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Evaluating land–sea linkages using land cover change and coral reef monitoring data: A case study from northeastern Puerto Rico

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Land cover change that leads to increased nutrient and sediment runoff is an important driver of change in coral reef ecosystems. In this study, we combined satellite remote sensing and field monitoring to assess concomitant changes in watershed land cover and coral cover in northeastern Puerto Rico in 2000–2015.
Pirta Palola, Sasha Hills, Simon J. Pittman, Edwin A. Hernández‐Delgado, Antoine Collin, Lisa M. Wedding   +5 more
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Spatially Explicit Subpixel-Based Study On The Expansion of Artificial Impervious Surfaces And Its’ Impacts On Soil Organic Carbon [PDF]

, 2021
Abstract Precise spatiotemporal datasets of artificial impervious surfaces (AISs) are essential for evaluating urbanization processes and associated soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics. However, spatially explicit studies on SOC stocks based on high-quality AIS data remain deficient, which affects the accuracy of urban SOC budgets. In this study,
Yan Yan, Weige Zhang, Yunfeng Hu, Huaipeng Liu, Xiaoping Zhang, Yongxin Zhang   +5 more
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Analysis of changes in the spatiotemporal characteristics of impervious surfaces and their influencing factors in the Central Plains Urban Agglomeration of China from 2000 to 2018

Heliyon, 2023
The change of the impervious surface area (ISA) is an important feature of urban spatial expansion. Understanding the spatial and temporal change characteristics of urban impervious surfaces and their influencing factors is of great significance to the ...
Chunhong Zhao, Huabo Zhang, Haiying Wang, Jinyi Zhao   +3 more
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From Prediction to Prevention: An Explainable GeoAI Framework for Flood Susceptibility and Urban Exposure Assessment Using Machine and Deep Learning Models

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rapid urbanisation and intensifying rainfall have increased cities' vulnerability to flooding, posing major challenges to sustainable development. Although machine learning models have improved flood prediction accuracy, most remain limited by their black‐box nature and lack of actionable insights.
Abdulwaheed Tella, Izni Zahidi, Chow Ming Fai, Chukwuma Okolie, Quoc Bao Pham   +4 more
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Impact of Multidimensional Urban Expansion on Thermal Environment Supported by Refined Population Spatial Distribution in Pearl River Delta

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
The urban heat island effect, a typical rapid urbanization issue, arises from natural surfaces covered by impermeable layers via urban sprawl.
Yun Qiu, Fangjie Cao, Qianxin Wang
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