A systematic review and assessment of algorithms to detect, characterize, and monitor urban land change

M Reba, KC Seto - Remote sensing of environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Historically, change detection reviews have examined and categorized algorithms based on
their techniques for the remote sensing community. Here, we synthesize urban land change …

Mapping global forest canopy height through integration of GEDI and Landsat data

P Potapov, X Li, A Hernandez-Serna… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Consistent, large-scale operational monitoring of forest height is essential for estimating
forest-related carbon emissions, analyzing forest degradation, and quantifying the …

Land use/land cover changes and their driving factors in the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau based on Geographical Detectors and Google Earth Engine: A case study …

C Liu, W Li, G Zhu, H Zhou, H Yan, P Xue - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
As an important production base for livestock and a unique ecological zone in China, the
northeast Tibetan Plateau has experienced dramatic land use/land cover (LULC) changes …

Improving land cover classification in an urbanized coastal area by random forests: The role of variable selection

F Zhang, X Yang - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Land cover mapping in complex environments can be challenging due to their landscape
heterogeneity. With the increasing availability of various open-access remotely sensed …

Landsat analysis ready data for global land cover and land cover change mapping

P Potapov, MC Hansen, I Kommareddy… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
The multi-decadal Landsat data record is a unique tool for global land cover and land use
change analysis. However, the large volume of the Landsat image archive and inconsistent …

Urban expansion and form changes across African cities with a global outlook: Spatiotemporal analysis of urban land densities

G Xu, T Dong, PB Cobbinah, L Jiao, NS Sumari… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Africa has been experiencing rapid urbanization, yet limited studies have systematically
investigated urban growth dynamics across African cities. Using 25 cities as cases, we …

[HTML][HTML] Deforestation is driven by agricultural expansion in Ghana's forest reserves

EO Acheampong, CJ Macgregor, S Sloan, J Sayer - Scientific African, 2019 - Elsevier
Ghana's protected forest reserves have suffered average annual deforestation rates of 0.7%,
0.5%, 0.4%, and 0.6% for the periods 1990–2000, 2000–2005, 2005–2010 and 2010–2015 …

Mapping vegetation and land use types in Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve using google earth engine

YH Tsai, D Stow, HL Chen, R Lewison, L An, L Shi - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve (FNNR) is a biodiversity hotspot in China that is part
of a larger, multi-use landscape where farming, grazing, tourism, and other human activities …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding spatial growth of the old city of Nanjing during 1850–2020 based on historical maps and Landsat data

X Bai, H Xu - The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space …, 2023 - Elsevier
The conservation and renewal of old cities has become one of the focuses of urban planning
worldwide. It is crucial for the sustainable development of old cities to expound the growth …

Measuring vulnerability to environmental hazards: qualitative to quantitative

ME Huq, AZM Shoeb, MA Hossain, S Fahad… - … , climate, plant and …, 2020 - Springer
Recently environmental hazards are occurring very frequently over the globe and a great
concern for the society owing to its high rate of vulnerability. Measuring vulnerability to …