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Land Subsidence in Beijing’s Sub-Administrative Center and Its Relationship with Urban Expansion Inferred from Sentinel-1/2 Observations

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 2021
Beijing’s Sub-Administrative Center (BSAC) is located in the South-eastern Beijing Plain, which exhibits severe subsidence. The rapid urban expansion in recent years has aggravated land subsidence and threatens the safe operation of Beijing.
Jin Cao   +7 more
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Study of conditions of gully formation in mountain regions of South-East Kazakhstan with use of GIS-technologies

open access: yesGeodesy and Cartography, 2021
In the article the results of field and laboratory researches of gully erosion in the mountains of Zhetysu Alatau of south-east Kazakhstan are considered. Mountain ridge Malaisary was chosen for study of gully erosion.
Yerkebulan Khalykov   +5 more
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Environmental awareness influences the perception of ecosystem services values at Lake Balaton, Hungary [PDF]

open access: yesOne Ecosystem
Knowing people’s perceptions on the importance and value of ecosystem services (ES) is an important step towards sustainable management and recognised as essential for successful conservation. We assessed societal preferences, i.e.
Ágnes Vári   +4 more
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Water Security

open access: yes, 2020
Abstract Water security has emerged in the 21st century as a powerful construct to frame the water objectives and goals of human society and to support and guide local to global water policy and management. Water security can be described as the fundamental societal goal of water policy and management. This article reviews the concept
Sadoff, Claudia W.   +2 more
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Mechanism of Land Subsidence Mutation in Beijing Plain under the Background of Urban Expansion

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2021
Under the background of over-exploitation of groundwater and urban expansion, the land subsidence in the Beijing Plain has dramatically increased recently, and has demonstrated obvious mutation characteristics.
Lin Guo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adaptive Responses of Functional Traits of Typical Submerged Macrophytes to Water Turbidity

open access: yesEcosystem Health and Sustainability
Submerged macrophytes are key components of shallow-lake ecosystems, and water turbidity is a critical environmental factor regulating their growth by reducing underwater light availability. In this study, 3 typical submerged macrophytes from Poyang Lake—
Yibo Ba   +14 more
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Climate-Driven Shifts in Drought Dynamics in the Balkhash–Alakol Water Management Basin Revealed by Integrated Satellite and Ground Observations

open access: yesApplied Sciences
Droughts represent a major threat to water security and agricultural sustainability in the arid regions of Central Asia. The Balkhash–Alakol water management basin is particularly vulnerable due to its complex runoff formation, dependence on surface ...
Lyazzat Makhmudova   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Application of Deep Learning in Multitemporal Remote Sensing Image Classification

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2023
The rapid advancement of remote sensing technology has significantly enhanced the temporal resolution of remote sensing data. Multitemporal remote sensing image classification can extract richer spatiotemporal features.
Xinglu Cheng   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of the impacts of climate change on drought intensity and frequency using SPI and SPEI in the Southern Pre-Balkash region, Kazakhstan

open access: yesWatershed Ecology and the Environment
This paper presents a study of droughts in the South Pre-Balkash region that considers climate change and its impact on the intensity and frequency of drought periods. The main objective of this study is to assess changes in climatic parameters and their
Alimkulov Sayat   +4 more
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