Urban built-up area, one of the most important measures of an urban landscape, is an essential variable for understanding ecological and socioeconomic processes in urban systems. With an interest in urban development in transitional economies in Southeast Asia, we recognized a lack of high-to-medium resolution (<60 m) built-up information for countries in the region, including Vietnam, Laos, Ca...

There have been few attempts to estimate the effects of land use and cover (LULC) on ecosystem services in desert-oasis ecotones, which are recognized as critical ecological barriers buffers that prevent deserts from expanding into oases. This research investigated how remote sensing geographic information technology may be used monitor changes LULC Cholistan desert Bahawalpur region Pakistan b...