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Smart Environment Through Smart Tools and Technologies for Urban Green Spaces
Urban Green Spaces (UGS) are an integral part of urban environment and act as lungs for rejuvenating the urban environment and improving the quality...
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Spatio-temporal Variations in Drought with Remote Sensing from the Mongolian Plateau During 1982–2018
The Mongolian Plateau is one of the regions most sensitive to climate change, the more obvious increase of temperature in 21st century here has been...
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Modelling End-of-Season Soil Salinity in Irrigated Agriculture Through Multi-temporal Optical Remote Sensing, Environmental Parameters, and In Situ Information
Accurate information of soil salinity levels enables for remediation actions in long-term operating irrigation systems with malfunctioning drainage...
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Spatial Prediction of Soil Salinity in a Semiarid Oasis: Environmental Sensitive Variable Selection and Model Comparison
Timely monitoring and early warning of soil salinity are crucial for saline soil management. Environmental variables are commonly used to build soil...
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Introduction to Geoinformatics in Public Health
Medical geographyMedical geography or health geographyHealth geography is a branch of human geography that focuses on the terrestrial aspect in...
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Improving Image Classification
Multidate imagery and satellite image derivatives such as vegetation and texture indices have been reported to improve image classificationImage...
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Comparative Analysis of Fractional Vegetation Cover Estimation Based on Multi-sensor Data in a Semi-arid Sandy Area
The estimation of fractional vegetation cover (FVC) is important for identifying and monitoring desertification, especially in arid and semiarid...
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The History of Slovenia: Archaeological Evidence from Prehistory to the Slavs
A brief overview of the history of Slovenia as told by archaeology runs from prehistory to the Slavs, from the earliest human traces some...
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European Alps
The European Alps cover an area of 190,900 km2, are arcuated in the western part, extend over a length of 1200 km, are up to 280 km wide, and reach...
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Urban Trees as Green Infrastructure for Stormwater Mitigation and Use
Impervious surfaces in urban areas generate substantial volumes of polluted surface runoff, resulting in flooding and degradation of waterway...
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Applications of Remote Sensing in Land Resource Inventory and Map**
Comprehensive information on soil resources in terms of type, extent, physical and chemical properties and limitations/capabilities is required for...
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Sugarcane ratoon discrimination using LANDSAT NDVI temporal data
Pre harvest prediction of sugarcane and sugar production is essential for obtaining the objectives of the national food security mission. Traditional...
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Smart Environment for Smart and Sustainable Hong Kong
Smart City is about incorporating a ‘Smart Thinking’ in the city’s urban design and planning with a focus on People Place and Planet. This chapter...
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Development of generalized loss functions for rapid estimation of flood damages: a case study in Kelani River basin, Sri Lanka
Assessment of infrastructural vulnerability to natural hazards, and subsequent economic loss, can make important contributions to future disaster...
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Spatial associations between NDVI and environmental factors in the Heihe River Basin
The Heihe River Basin is located in the arid and semi-arid regions of Northwest China. Here, the terrestrial ecosystem is vulnerable, making it...
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Geological Applications
This chapter provides a broad overview of geological applications of remote sensing data. First, it reviews the accuracy aspects and the general...
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Paddy acreage map** and yield prediction using sentinel-based optical and SAR data in Sahibganj district, Jharkhand (India)
Rice is an important staple food for the billions of world population. Map** the spatial distribution of paddy and predicting yields are crucial...
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Urban heat island explored by co-relationship between land surface temperature vs multiple vegetation indices
Land surface temperature (LST), land use/land cover (LU/LC) and vegetation parameters are a substantial factor in worldwide climate change studies...
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The use of remote sensing indices for detecting environmental changes: a case study of North Sinai, Egypt
This study aims to identify environmental changes during the last 25 years in northern Sinai, Egypt. In the present research, various remote sensing...
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Combining Environmental Factors and Lab VNIR Spectral Data to Predict SOM by Geospatial Techniques
Soil organic matter (SOM) is an important parameter related to soil nutrient and miscellaneous ecosystem services. This paper attempts to improve the...