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Multi-Level Land Cover Change Analysis in the Forest-Savannah Transition Zone of the Kintampo Municipality, Ghana

Journal of Natural Resources and Development, 2017
This study presents a multi-level analysis of land cover change in the Kintampo Municipality of Ghana using Landsat TM, ETM + and Landsat 8 images from 1986, 2001 and 2014, respectively. The expected and observed annual rates of land cover change for the
Raymond Aabeyir, Wilson Agyei Agyare, Michael J. C. Weir, Stephen Adu-Bredu   +3 more
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Bridging the national data gap with Google earth engine and landsat imagery by developing annual land cover for Afghanistan

Data in Brief
The national-level land cover database is essential to sustainable landscape management, environmental protection, and food security. In Afghanistan, the existing national-level land cover data from 1972, 1993, and 2010 relied on satellite data from ...
Kabir Uddin, Sayed Burhan Atal, Sajana Maharjan, Birendra Bajracharya, Waheedullah Yousafi, Timothy Mayer, Mir A. Matin, Bandana Shakya, David Saah, Peter Potapov, Rajesh Bahadur Thapa, Bikram Shakya   +11 more
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Study of changes in land cover categories in Ukraine based on remote sensing data

Zemleustrìj, Kadastr ì Monìtorìng Zemelʹ, 2023
Land cover change has been a hot area of research on global ecological change and sustainable development due to its importance in global ecological change.
L. Ren
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How Does Changing Land Cover and Land Use in New Zealand relate to Land Use Capability and Slope? [PDF]

Land cover and use are critical for climate change, water quality and use, biodiversity and soil conservation as well as important drivers of rural economic activity and the evolution of rural communities.
Maribeth Todd, Suzi Kerr
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Water Walk [PDF]

, 2003
The purpose of this resource is to become familiar with the hydrology of your locale. Students will study and visit the Hydrology Study Site, conduct a visual survey to discover information about local land cover, water quality, and document their ...
The GLOBE Program, UCAR (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research)
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Computer-aided Land Cover Mapping Protocol [PDF]

, 2003
The purpose of the resource is to produce a land cover type map from the digital file of a Landsat satellite image using MultiSpec software.
The GLOBE Program, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
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Transformation of a Classified Image from Pixel Clutter to Land Cover Map Using Geometric Generalization and Thematic Self-Enrichment

Geomatics
Land cover maps are frequently produced via the classification of satellite imagery. There is a need for a practicable and automated approach for the generalization of these land cover classification results into scalable, digital maps while minimizing ...
Geir-Harald Strand, Eva Solbjørg Flo Heggem, Linda Aune-Lundberg, Agata Hościło, Adam Waśniewski   +4 more
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Contribution of low resolution data to African savannas characterization [PDF]

, 2005
- In the context of international programs to understand the atmosphere-biosphere interface to model climatic changes. - Needs at a global level of information about surface parameters as surface roughtness, land cover, water availbalility, phenology ...
Gond, Valéry
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THE DYNAMICS OF LAND-COVER CHANGE IN WESTERN HONDURAS: SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION AND TEMPORAL VARIATION [PDF]

This paper presents an econometric analysis of land-cover change in western Honduras. Ground-truthed satellite image analysis indicates that between 1987 and 1996, net reforestation occurred in the 1,015.12 km2 study region.
Munroe, Darla K., Southworth, Jane, Tucker, Catherine M.   +2 more
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Population, Greenspace, and Development:Conversion Patterns in the Great Lakes Region [PDF]

, 2018
In this brief, authors Mark Ducey, Kenneth Johnson, Ethan Belair, and Barbara Cook combine demographic, land-cover, and other spatial data to estimate the incidence and extent of conversion from greenspace (forestland, shrublands, and grasslands) to ...
Belair, Ethan P, Cook, Barbara D, Ducey, Mark, Johnson, Kenneth M   +3 more
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