Land use land cover (LULC) transition analysis is a systematic approach that helps in understanding physical and human involvement the natural environment sustainable development. The study of spatiotemporal shifting pattern LULC, simulation future scenarios intensity at interval, category levels provide comprehensive prospect to determine current development scenarios. In this study, we used m...

In this study, prediction of the future land use cover (LULC) changes over Mumbai and its surrounding region, India, was conducted to have reference information in urban development. To obtain historical dynamics LULC, a supervised classification algorithm applied Landsat images 1992, 2002, 2011. Based on spatial drivers LULC 1992 multiple perceptron neural network (MLPNN)-based Markov chain mo...

The Three-Rivers Headwaters region (TRHR) is an ecological shelter located in the northeast of the Tibetan Plateau, China, that provides environmental protection and regional sustainable development. This region also provides ecosystem services including water supply and soil conservation and exerts major impacts on both its surroundings, as well as the whole of China. A number of ecological re...

Distinguishing between the capacity of ecosystems to generate ecosystem services (ES) and the actual use of these service (ES flow) in ES assessment and mapping is important to develop an understanding of the sustainability of ES use. This study assesses the spatial variation in ES capacity and flow in the Mediterranean small island state of Malta. The services included in this study were crop ...

BACKGROUND Large-scale forest conservation projects are underway in the Brazilian Amazon but little is known regarding their public health impact. Current literature emphasizes how land clearing increases malaria incidence, leading to the conclusion that forest conservation decreases malaria burden. Yet, there is also evidence that proximity to forest fringes increases malaria incidence, which ...

Achieving more timely, accurate and transparent information on the distribution and dynamics of the world’s land cover is essential to understanding the fundamental characteristics, processes and threats associated with human-nature-climate interactions. Higher resolution (~30–50 m) land cover mapping is expected to advance the understanding of the multi-dimensional interactions of the human-na...

This study aimed to provide a systematic overview of the progress made in utilizing remote sensing for assessing impacts land use and cover (LULC) changes on water resources (quality quantity). review also addresses research gaps, challenges, opportunities associated with remotely sensed data assessment monitoring. The applications monitoring LULC, along their quality quantity, has advanced sig...

Land use/land cover (LULC) patterns seriously affect ecosystem services (ESs), especially in highly developed urban agglomerations. Exploring how LULC and ESs change spatially across hierarchical levels understanding the possible mechanisms can promote sustainable planning of landscapes. By mapping spatial three largest agglomerations China, this study aimed to (1) identify scaling relations di...

Land use and land cover (LULC) was mapped using historical aerial photos (1940) and contemporary QuickBird satellite imagery (2003) for a 100 km2 area covering portions of Erie Township, Michigan, and Toledo, Ohio on the western end of Lake Erie. This area serves as a microcosm of conditions elsewhere on the Great Lakes coast, containing a range of human-altered to natural landscapes. Geographi...