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Displaying 336 - 340 of 662MNDISI: a multi-source composition index for impervious surface area estimation at the individual city scale
Impervious surface is a key indicator for monitoring urban land cover changes and human-environment interaction. Although the normalized difference impervious surface index (NDISI) has shown the potential to extract impervious surface areas (ISA) from multi-spectral imagery, it may lack robustness due to the spectral heterogeneity within urban impervious materials and confusion between other land covers. In this letter, a multi-source composition index is proposed to overcome the limitations of the original method.
Landscape pattern and sustainability of a 1300-year-old agricultural landscape in subtropical mountain areas, Southwestern China
The Hani terrace landscape located in the mountainous areas of Southwestern China has a history of 1300 years and is a classic example of human–environment harmony. This study investigates the spatial distribution and pattern characteristics of land cover in the landscape using geographical information system and remote-sensing techniques. With the synthetic consideration of both physical and cultural factors, the ecological stability of the landscape was discussed.
Finer resolution observation and monitoring of global land cover: first mapping results with Landsat TM and ETM+ data
We have produced the first 30 m resolution global land-cover maps using Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) and Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) data. We have classified over 6600 scenes of Landsat TM data after 2006, and over 2300 scenes of Landsat TM and ETM+ data before 2006, all selected from the green season. These images cover most of the world's land surface except Antarctica and Greenland. Most of these images came from the United States Geological Survey in level L1T (orthorectified).
procedure to obtain a refined European land use/cover map
Available land use/cover maps differ in their spatial extent and in their thematic, spatial, and temporal resolutions. Due to the costs of producing such maps, there is usually a trade-off between spatial extent and resolution. The only European-wide, consistent, and multi-temporal land use/cover dataset available is the CORINE Land Cover (CLC) map. Despite the value and usefulness of CLC, its minimum mapping unit (MMU) of 25 hectares considerably limits its applications at large scales of analysis.
Investigating urban growth scenarios in Wadi El Natrun area, Egypt, using the UPlan land use allocation model
This study aims at establishing an approach for the analysis of urban growth dynamics to support urban planning decisions in Egypt. This approach is based on the UPlan model. It acknowledges the lack of historical land use detailed data in most of the Egyptian cities and is heavily based on socioeconomic and land use patterns collected from field surveys and census data. The model is tested on Wadi El Natrun city, an urban agglomeration located on the agricultural fringes of the Nile River. Several scenarios are generated based on changes in a set of attractors, discouragements, and masks.