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The role of land cover change in Arctic-Boreal greening and browning trends [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Many studies have used time series of satellite-derived vegetation indices to identify so-called greening and browning trends across the northern high-latitudes and to suggest that the productivity of Arctic-Boreal ecosystems is changing in response to ...
Friedl, Mark A., Wang, Jonathan A.
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Changes in land cover, rainfall and stream flow in Upper Gilgel Abbay catchment, Blue Nile basin – Ethiopia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
In this study we evaluated changes in land cover and rainfall in the Upper Gilgel Abbay catchment in the Upper Blue Nile basin and how changes affected stream flow in terms of annual flow, high flows and low flows.
Habib, E.   +5 more
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Land Use / Land Cover Assessment in Nagercoil town, Kanniyakumari District, South India [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The present study revealed land use / land cover (LULC) changes during 1992 to 2015 using remote sensing and GIS tools. NRSC land use / land cover thematic maps were referred for classifying the LULC classification.
G, S. (Shafiullah)
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A LITERATURE REVIEW ON LAND USE LAND COVER CHANGES.

open access: yesInternational Journal of Advanced Research, 2018
The present paper discusses the phenomena of land use and land cover (LULC) which has undergone constant changes over the past few decades due to major variations in the environment caused by anthropogenic and natural factors. A comprehensive review of the studies has done so far in which a decreasing pattern in land use land coverage has been ...
Shaghla Parveen   +2 more
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Analysis of Land Cover and Land Use Changes Using Sentinel-2 Images

open access: yesPresent Environment and Sustainable Development, 2016
Earth observation and space analysis of land areas, oceanic and atmospheric phenomena is a necessity nowadays.
Iurist (Dumitraşcu) Nicoleta   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimal land cover mapping and change analysis in northeastern oregon using landsat imagery. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The necessity for the development of repeatable, efficient, and accurate monitoring of land cover change is paramount to successful management of our planet’s natural resources. This study evaluated a number of remote sensing methods for classifying land
Campbell, Michael J   +2 more
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Land use and land cover data changes in Indian Ocean Islands: Case study of Unguja in Zanzibar Island

open access: yesData in Brief, 2017
Land use and land cover changes will continue to affect resilient human communities and ecosystems as a result of climate change. However, an assessment of land use and land cover changes over time in Indian Ocean Islands is less documented. The land use/
Sizah Mwalusepo   +3 more
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Development of scenarios for land cover, population density, impervious cover, and conservation in New Hampshire, 2010–2100 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Future changes in ecosystem services will depend heavily on changes in land cover and land use, which, in turn, are shaped by human activities. Given the challenges of predicting long-term changes in human behaviors and activities, scenarios provide a ...
Grimm, Curt D.   +5 more
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Simulating the Response of the Surface Urban Heat Environment to Land Use and Land Cover Changes: A Case Study of Wuhan, China

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2021
With the rapid process of urbanization, the urban heat island (UHI), the phenomenon where urban regions become hotter than their surroundings, is increasingly aggravated. The UHI is affected by multiple factors overall.
Meiling Gao   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Afi River Forest Reserve Cross River State, Nigeria

open access: yesJournal of Agroforestry and Environment
Forest conversion remains a pressing concern for the global environmental community. This study evaluated the impact of land use and land cover (LULC) changes on selected ecosystem components in the Afi River Forest Reserve, Cross River State, Nigeria ...
C. I. Duru, U. D. Chima, C. Fredrick
doaj   +1 more source

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