Land cover change represents one of the most significant global transformations, which has
profound impacts on ecosystems, biological diversity, and the ongoing climate crisis. In this …

In this study we used Landsat images to analyze land cover change processes since 1984
in the middle Ebro valley (Spain). The purpose was to identify abrupt changes suggesting …

This work aims to provide a comprehensive, wall-to-wall analysis of land use/cover changes
in the continental areas of Portugal and Spain between 1990 and 2012. This overall …

This paper looks at the periodic land use/cover (LUC) changes that occurred in Attica,
Greece from 1991 to 2016. During this period, land transformations were mostly related to …

Up-to-date knowledge about changes in forest resources and their spatial distribution is
essential for sustainable forest management. Therefore, monitoring of forest evolution is …

Monitoring the change in land cover in natural places, such as ecotones, has become an
important tool for forest management, especially in protected areas. The present work …

Information on land cover and land use (LCLU) and the way it changes over time is crucial
for environmental assessment and for informed decision-making. Making this information …

The expansion of cities entails the abandonment of forest and agricultural lands, and these
lands' conversion into urban areas, which results in substantial impacts on ecosystems …

This paper describes a general framework alternative to the traditional surveys that are
commonly performed to estimate, for statistical purposes, the areal extent of predefined land …

Timely and accurate maps of land cover changes are crucial for understanding the evolution
of Earth's features and, consequently, the relationships between individual and collective …