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Land cover, land use, climate change and food security
The article discusses the intricate relationships between land cover and land use change on the one hand and climate on the other. It explores the...
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Water use efficiency in China is impacted by climate change and land use and land cover
A crucial physiological indicator known as water use efficiency (WUE) (Foley et al.) assesses the trade-off between water loss and carbon uptake. The...
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Reflections on land use and land cover change under different socio-economic regimes in the Polish Western Carpathians
Mountains are diverse environments with a long history of changes in land use and land cover caused by a combination of natural environmental...
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Urban land use, land cover change and urban microclimate dynamics in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Land surface temperature (LST) increases and urban heat island (UHI) variability are the major urban climatology problems arising in urban...
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Impact of climate change and land cover dynamics on nitrate transport to surface waters
The study investigated the impact of climate and land cover change on water quality. The novel contribution of the study was to investigate the...
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Assessment of seasonal water quality and land use land cover change in Subarnarekha watershed of Ranchi stretch in Jharkhand
AbstractIn this paper, the assessment of seasonal water quality and land use land cover change in the Subarnarekha watershed in Ranchi stretch was...
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Analysis of land use and land cover change using machine learning algorithm in Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria
The dynamic use of land that results from urbanization has an impact on the urban ecosystem. Yola North Local Government Area (Yola North LGA) of...
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Application of geospatial technology for the land use/land cover change assessment and future change predictions using CA Markov chain model
The study of changes in land use and land cover (LULC) is helpful in the understanding of change and management of environmental sustainability. As a...
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Carbon fluxes related to land use and land cover change in Baden-Württemberg
Spatially explicit information on carbon fluxes related to land use and land cover change (LULCC) is of value for the implementation of local climate...
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Monitoring and prediction of land use land cover change of Chittagong Metropolitan City by CA-ANN model
Anthropogenic activities have significantly changed global land use land cover (LULC), especially in areas with extreme population expansion and...
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Participatory and Spatially Explicit Assessment to Envision the Future of Land-Use/Land-Cover Change Scenarios on Selected Ecosystem Services in Southwestern Ghana
Settlement expansion and commercial agriculture affect landscape sustainability and ecosystem service provision. Integrated landscape approaches are...
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Spatio-temporal change analysis and prediction of land use and land cover changes using CA-ANN model
The spatial and temporal representation of land use and land cover (LULC) changes helps to understand the interactions between natural habitats and...
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Demi-decadal land use land cover change analysis of Mizoram, India, with topographic correction using machine learning algorithm
Mizoram (India) is part of UNESCO’s biodiversity hotspots in India that is primarily populated by tribes who engage in shifting agriculture. Hence,...
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Evaluating land restoration based on the land cover in the Horqin Sandy Land, China
Land degradation is a severe ecological environmental issue in arid and semiarid areas. Evaluating land degradation exactly is essential for...
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Performance Evaluation of Machine Learning Algorithms in Change Detection and Change Prediction of a Watershed’s Land Use and Land Cover
In recent years, owing to frequent natural and human-caused changes in land use and land cover (LULC), the need to use accurate methods in...
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Urbanization-induced land use/land cover change and its impact on surface temperature and heat fluxes over two major cities in Western Ethiopia
Much of the urbanization that occurs in Africa creates the potential for technological development and economic growth but is also a breeding ground...
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Spatial soil loss prediction impacted by long-term land use/land cover change: a case study of Swat District
Soil erosion is a destructive consequence of land degradation caused by deforestation, improper farming practices, overgrazing, and urbanization....
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CA-Markov prediction modeling for the assessment of land use/land cover change in two sub-basins of the Tocantins-Araguaia River Basin
Due to the anthropogenic pressures of expansion areas for livestock and agricultural production in the Brazilian Cerrado, it is of paramount...
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Impact of land use and land cover change on land degradation in rural semi-arid South Africa: case of the Greater Sekhukhune District Municipality
In semi-arid regions, interactions between biophysical and socio-economic variables are complex. Such interactions and their respective variables...
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Characterizing land use/land cover change dynamics by an enhanced random forest machine learning model: a Google Earth Engine implementation
Land use and land cover (LULC) analysis is crucial for understanding societal development and assessing changes during the Anthropocene era....
