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Monitoring desertification processes in Mongolian Plateau using MODIS tasseled cap transformation and TGSI time series
Most remote sensing studies assess the desertification using vegetation monitoring method. But it has the insufficient precision of vegetation...
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Revising, Rectifying and Regulating the Danube: Cartographic Reconstructions of the River and the History of Maps of South-Eastern Europe in the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Century
The representation of the Danube was always important for makers of maps representing Central and Southern Europe. This paper suggests that, instead...
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Remote Sensing and GIS in Map** and Monitoring of Land Degradation
The information on the extent and spatial distribution of various kinds of degraded lands is essential for strategic planning and development of...
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Downscaling of Coarse Resolution Satellite Remote Sensing Thermal Data
Satellite-based moderate to high resolution thermal imagery is absolutely important for various environmental applications. At present, the...
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From REDD+ MRV Perspective: Comparison of Two Different Forest Management Regimes Using Geospatial Techniques in Ludi Khola Watershed, Gorkha District, Nepal
This study presents a practical example of using remote sensing data and methods for forest management in Ludi Khola watershed (5750 ha) Gorkha...
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Karst Landforms in Friuli Venezia Giulia: From Alpine to Coastal Karst
Around 20–25% of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region consists of karstified rocks. The geological, geographical and climatic conditions have given rise...
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Land Cover Map** and Its Spatial Pattern Analysis in Nepal
Nepal, located in a unique transition zone spanning from plains to mountains and then to the plateau, is characterized by diverse and complex land...
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Valorising in the Absence of Public Resources and Weak Markets: The Case of “Ivrea, the 20th Century Industrial City”
The extensive architectural heritage of Italy often finds itself in conditions of severe deprivation and neglect or inactivity. Moreover, such...
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Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing of Drought from Space
Drought monitoring is vital considering the immense costs of this natural hazard. The root cause for all types of drought (meteorological,...
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A Review of Multitemporal Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) for Crop Monitoring
Synthetic Aperture Radars (SARs) transmit and receive energy at microwave frequencies. The response recorded by these sensors is largely a function...
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Remote Sensing of Drought: Vegetation, Soil Moisture, and Data Assimilation
Application of remote sensing is emerging for operational drought monitoring and early warning as it offers opportunities for assessing drought from...
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Monitoring Drought in Brazil by Remote Sensing
Drought is a natural phenomena responsible for significant socioeconomic and environmental damage worldwide. Remote sensing techniques can provide...
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Geography of Tourism in Slovenia
Slovenia is characterized by diverse landscapes on a relatively small geographic area. The natural diversity is enhanced by human modifications, in...
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Spatial dynamics of aboveground carbon stock in urban green space: a case study of **’an, China
Greenhouse gas emission of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) is one of the major factors causing global climate change. Urban green space plays a key role in...
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Use of satellite data to identify steppe lands of the Orenburg Trans-Volga Region disturbed by oil development
An attempt is made to identify lands disturbed in the process of oil development and production, based on moderate spatial resolution Landsat images...
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Vulnerability and Exposure to Geomorphic Hazards: Some Insights from the European Alps
Geomorphological processes and society are connected through a diverse set of relationships and feedbacks. One of the main connections concerns the...
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Monitoring soil salt content using HJ-1A hyperspectral data: A case study of coastal areas in Rudong County, Eastern China
Hyperspectral data are an important source for monitoring soil salt content on a large scale. However, in previous studies, barriers such as...
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Effects of exotic and endogenous shrubs on understory vegetation and soil nutrients in the south of Tunisia
This study was conducted in southern Tunisia in the growing seasons of 2013 and 2014, and aimed to compare the effects of exotic and endogenous shrub...
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The Potential for Assessment of Land Degradation by Remote Sensing
Given the diversity of the biophysical and socioeconomic processes involved, the types, extent, and severity of land degradation cannot be...
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Vulnerability to drought-induced cavitation in shoots of two typical shrubs in the southern Mu Us Sandy Land, China
Salix psammophila and Caragana korshinskii are two typical shrubs in the southern Mu Us Sandy Land of China which are threatened by increasing water...