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Farming expansion and land degradation in Western Bahia, Brazil. [PDF]

, 2014
Land degradation by soil erosion has called attention in tropical developing countries, particularly when natural vegetation is converted to farmland.
BATISTELLA, M., VALLADARES, G. S.
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Assessment of LULC change and its impact on Surface Runoff using SCS-CN method for Noakhali Region, Bangladesh [PDF]

Present Environment and Sustainable Development
Land use and land cover (LULC) change detection and its subsequent impact on hydrology are of significant importance in the field of urban planning and the sustainable management of water and land resources. The primary objective of this research work is
Md. Riyadul HAQUE, Md. Kamruzzaman TUSAR, Momotaj Ara MOU, Md. Shiblur RAHAMAN   +3 more
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Spatial Distribution of the Surface Geology and 1992 Land Use of the Buffalo River Watershed [PDF]

, 1995
The Buffalo River was established by Congress in 1972 as the first National River in the United States and is one of the few remaining free-flowing streams in Arkansas .
Hofer, Kimberly R., McKimmey, James M., Scott, H. Don   +2 more
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Coffee Shade Tree Management : An Adaptation Option for Climate Change Impact for Small Scale Coffee Growers in South-West Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2017
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AD Gove, BB Lin, BT Hailu, GV Arx, JP Labouisse, RA Pielke, SR Hardwick, U Samnegard   +7 more
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Urban neighborhood characteristics influence on a building indoor environment [PDF]

, 2015
The urban heat island (UHI) is exacerbated during heat waves, which have been reported to be more frequent in recent years. Unwanted consequences of the UHI not only include an increase in mean/peak energy demand, but an escalation in the heat-related ...
Ashtiani, Aynsley, Basu, Chen, Chun, Coseo, Doyon, Gabriel, Grubb, Hutcheon, Ivajnsic, Kolokotroni, Meehl, Mirzaei, Mirzaei, Oke, Santamouris, Su, Zheng   +18 more
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Simulation of Land Use and Land Cover of Peatland Bengkalis Using QGIS

JOIV: International Journal on Informatics Visualization
The phenomenon of forest and peatland fires in Bengkalis Regency is inseparable from the change in land use and cover (LULC). The dynamic LULC in Bengkalis Regency is caused by economic factors sourced from land-based resource management.
Fauziah Fauziah, Nur Hayati, Lilik Budi Prasetyo   +2 more
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Effects of Land Use and Land Cover Change on Soil Organic Carbon Stock in Jira Watershed, Mid-Lands of Northern Ethiopia.

Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management
Socioeconomic activities and natural environmental changes are the main drivers of land use and land cover (LULC) changes worldwide and this directly affects the amount of soil organic carbon (SOC) stock.
Guesh Assefa, Gebeyehu Taye, Kassa Teka
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Hybrid methods for land use and land cover classification using remote sensing and combined spectral feature extraction: A case study of Najran City, KSA

Open Geosciences
In recent years, the classification of land change has revolutionized the ability to monitor and understand dynamic changes occurring on the Earth’s surface. Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques must improve the performance and accuracy of land change
Alshahrani Mohammed, Al-Jabbar Mohammed, Alshari Eman A., Senan Ebrahim Mohmmed, Ahmed Ibrahim Abdulrab   +4 more
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Mapping and valuation of ecosystems and economic activities along the coast of Cameroon: implications of future sea level rise. [PDF]

, 2009
The vulnerability of the coastal zone of Cameroon to flooding from sea level rise (SLR) was quantified using Geographic Information System (GIS) flooding analysis.
Esteves, L.S., Fonteh, M, Gehrels, WR
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Ecosystem Good and Service Co-Effects of Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration: Implications for the U.S. Geological Survey’s LandCarbon Methodology [PDF]

This paper describes specific ways in which the analysis of ecosystem goods and services can be included in terrestrial carbon sequestration assessments and planning. It specifically reviews the U.S.
Boyd, James, Brookshire, David S.
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