Agricultural land conversion (ALC) and agricultural land abandonment (ALA) have a direct
relationship with different economic, social, and environmental issues. The change in land …

Event-based landslide inventories are important for analyzing the relationship between the
intensity of the trigger (eg, rainfall, earthquake) and the density of the landslides in a …

Land use and land cover changes (LULCCs) in mountainous areas may increase the
susceptibility to landslides due to modifications of topography, vegetation, and material …

Organic agriculture is often promoted as a means to achieve sustainable agriculture and
livelihoods. Yet, the evidence is mixed on the outcomes of organic adoption. We conducted …

Abstract Study region Kerala, Southern Western Ghats, India Study focus A better
understanding of the trends in rainfall, its distribution and characteristics is of paramount …

Detailed studies focusing on the spatio-temporal urban sprawl in mid-sized Indian cities are
relatively rare. In this context, the paper attempts to investigate urban sprawl in eight mid …

India is the second-highest contributor to the post-2000 global greening. However, with
satellite data, here we show that this 18.51% increase in Leaf Area Index (LAI) during 2001 …

Analyzing and understanding land use decisions of government, peasant households and
enterprises could help modeling agricultural land use change, which has taken place in …

The land use/land cover change is a local driver of environmental change having cascading
impacts and implications at the global level, and therefore requires appreciable …

Tree-dominated, forest gardens (FGs) are an ancient, tropical agricultural land use that
farmers continue to practice and value. Knowing why farmers value FGs is important …