Accurate and spatially-appropriate ecosystem service valuations are vital for decision-makers and land managers. Many approaches for estimating ecosystem service value (ESV) exist, but their appropriateness under specific conditions or logistical limitations is not uniform. The most accurate techniques are therefore not always adopted. Six different assessment approaches were used to estimate E...

Study of the land-use/land cover (LULC) changes close to the boundary of the buildup area (urban fringe) provides deeper understanding of a land-use dynamics at different spatial and temporal scales. Few thoughts have given to the analysis of complicated spatial landscape at a fringe area. The aim of this paper is to resolve this bias by focusing on these interfaces. Results of this paper show ...

Urbanization is among the human activities that affect quality of urban life and sustainable development at a global scale. For monitoring human-induced changes in cities, studies on land use/land cover (LULC) based series satellite images along with geographic information systems (GIS) are widely used. This study aims to evaluate LULC Lüleburgaz between 2001 2021. this purpose, impacts growth ...

The impact of 1973–2005 land use–land cover (LULC) changes on near-surface air temperatures during four recent summer extreme heat events (EHEs) are investigated for the arid Phoenix, Arizona, metropolitan area using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) in conjunction with the Noah Urban Canopy Model. WRF simulations were carried out for each EHE using LULC for the years 1973, 1985,...

Understanding the impact of land use/land cover (LULC) change on hydrology is key to sustainable water resource management. In this study, we used Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) evaluate LULC runoff in Rur basin, Germany. The SWAT model was calibrated against observed data stream flow at three sites (Stah, Linnich, Monschau) between 2000 2010 validated 2011 2015. performance hydrological...

Land use land cover (LULC) modeling is considered as the best tool to comprehend and unravel dynamics of future urban expansion. The present paper provides a comprehensive review existing LULC techniques novel approaches used by research community. Moreover, also compares each technique’s applications, utility, drawbacks, broader differences. rationale behind such comparison highlight strengths...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine if remotely sensed data and Digital Elevation Model (DEM) can test relationships between Culex quinquefasciatus and Anopheles gambiae s.l. larval habitats and environmental parameters within Internally Displaced People (IDP) campgrounds in Gulu, Uganda. A total of 65 georeferenced aquatic habitats in various IDP camps were studied to compare the...

the growing population and increasing socio-economic necessitiescreates a pressure on land use/land cover. nowadays, land use change detection using remote sensing data provides quantitative and timely information for management and evaluation of natural resources. this study investigates the land use changes in part of hableh rood watershed of iran using landsat 7 and 8 (sensor etm+ and oli) i...

Supervised land-use/land-cover (LULC) classifications are typically conducted using class assignment rules derived from a set of multiclass training samples. Consequently, classification accuracy varies with the training data set and is thus associated with uncertainty. In this study, we propose a bootstrap resampling and reclassification approach that can be applied for assessing not only the ...