Timely and accurate change detection of Earth's surface features is extremely important for
understanding relationships and interactions between human and natural phenomena in …

The coastal landuse and land cover features in the South West coast of Kanyakumari are
dynamically regulated due to marine and terrestrial processes and often controlling by …

Within the next 30 years, the proportion of urban dwellers will rise from under half to two
thirds of the world's population. Such a shift will entail massive public health consequences …

This study uses IKONOS imagery to quantify the combined spatial and spectral
characteristics of urban reflectance in 14 urban areas worldwide. IKONOS 1-m panchromatic …

Urban vegetation cover is a critical component in urban systems modeling and recent
advances in remote sensing technologies can provide detailed estimates of vegetation …

A comparative Spectral Mixture Analysis (SMA) of Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper
(ETM+) imagery for a collection of 28 urban areas worldwide provides a physical basis for a …

Both moderate and high spatial resolution imagery can be used to quantify abundance and
distribution of urban vegetation for urban landscape management and to provide inputs to …

Small-area population densities and counts were estimated for Australian census collection
districts (CDs), using Landsat TM imagery. A number of mathematical and statistical …

Environmental studies need up-to-date and reliable information on land use and land cover.
Such databases, which can be characterized by a high spatial accuracy and that can be …

Space technology is an efficient tool to bridge the gap between knowledge demand and
availability for sustainable land management (SLM). Changes in state of land …