The family of Kappa indices of agreement claim to compare a map's observed classification
accuracy relative to the expected accuracy of baseline maps that can have two types of …

Land use/land cover (LULC) dynamics and the resulting changes in ecosystems, as well as
the services they provide, are a consequence of human activities and environmental drivers …

Abstract Land change in Kigali, Rwanda, is examined using Intensity Analysis, which
measures the temporal stationarity of changes among categories. Maps for 1981, 2002 and …

This article presents a quantitative method to analyze maps of land categories from several
points in time for a single site by considering cross-tabulation matrices, where one matrix …

The second half of the 20th century has been characterised by the rural abandonment in
several regions of the Mediterranean basin. The general collapse of traditional agriculture …

The objective of this paper was to quantify long-term land use and land cover changes
(LULCC) and to identify the spatial determinants of locations of most systematic transitions …

Intensive human activity has led to dramatic land changes in coastal watersheds, which in
turn cause landscape pattern changes and threaten the valuable but fragile ecosystem. This …

Land use and land cover changes (LUCC) are recognized as one of the most relevant
drivers of biodiversity loss in ecosystems. Through the analysis of satellite images, this …

This study presents a detailed spatial, quantitative assessment of the land use/cover
changes (LUCC) in the savanna region of Llanos Orientales in Colombia. LUCC was …

Vegetation dynamics and the lives of millions of people in West Africa are closely interlinked
with each other. The high annual variability of the phenological cycle considerably affects …