GIS-based landslide susceptibility mapping using logistic regression, random forest and decision and regression tree models in Chattogram District, Bangladesh

MS Chowdhury, MN Rahman, MS Sheikh, MA Sayeid… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
The frequency of landslides and related economic and environmental damage has
increased in recent decades across the hilly areas of the world, no exception is Bangladesh …

Ecological effects of land use and land cover changes on lakes in urban environments

G Krishnan, R Shanthi Priya… - Sustainable …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Urban lakes confront significant threats due to changes in land use and land cover (LULC)
resulting from urbanization and subsequent climate change. This review discusses the …

Utilizing machine learning to evaluate heavy metal pollution in the world's largest mangrove forest

R Proshad, MA Rahim, M Rahman, MR Asif… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The world's largest mangrove forest (Sundarbans) is facing an imminent threat from heavy
metal pollution, posing grave ecological and human health risks. Developing an accurate …

Urban heat mitigation towards climate change adaptation: An eco-sustainable design strategy to improve environmental performance under rapid urbanization

M Makvandi, W Li, X Ou, H Chai, Z Khodabakhshi, J Fu… - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
Rapid urbanization has led to drastic land-use/cover changes (LUCCs) and urban heat
islands (UHIs), negatively altering the urban climate and air quality. LUCC's significant …

Mapping landscape values and exploring sense of place in a threatened mangrove biodiversity hotspot: the Sundarbans delta, Bangladesh

AB Polas, E Topp, T Plieninger - Ecosystems and People, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The Sundarbans mangrove forest in Bangladesh underpins local livelihoods in multiple
ways, but its ecological integrity is under threat. In this paper, we seek to explore how local …

Are the Sundarbans, the World's largest mangroves region under threat?—An ecosystem‐based geospatial approach to assess changes past, present, and future in …

M Jayanthi, M Duraisamy, S Kabiraj… - Land Degradation & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The World's most extensive mangrove region, the Sundarbans ecosystem, is highly
biodiverse but severely stressed. Past, present, and future potential changes in Sundarbans …

Determining Changes in Mangrove Cover Using Remote Sensing with Landsat Images: a Review

J Vasquez, R Acevedo-Barrios… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2024 - Springer
Mangroves are ecosystems within the intertidal zone of tropical and subtropical coasts; they
offer ecosystem services such as protection from coastal erosion and storms and flood …

A novel coupled framework for detecting hotspots of methane emission from the vulnerable Indian Sundarban mangrove ecosystem using data-driven models

N Das, R Chakrabortty, SC Pal, A Mondal… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Coastal mangroves have been lost to deforestation for anthropogenic activities such as
agriculture over the past two decades. The genesis of methane (CH 4), a significant …

Mapping, Dynamics, and Future Change Analysis of Sundarbans Delta Using Cellular Automata and Artificial Neural Network Modeling

H Ahmad, F Jose, DJ Shoemaker - IEEE Journal of Selected …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Over the past century, anthropogenic activities have had a significant impact on low-lying
deltas. In this article, we utilized Landsat satellite images and sea-level data from the past …

Transformation of coastal wetlands in the Sundarban Delta (1999–2020)

SS Roy, T Ghosh, DK Hewavithana - Environmental monitoring and …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Spanning across Bangladesh and India, the Sundarban Delta consists of over a
thousand islands, the majority of which are protected. These islands are important for the …