The natural ecosystems of the Northeast Region of Brazil (NEB) have experienced
persistent drought episodes and environmental degradation during the past two decades. In …

Abstract Information about changes in land use and land cover is useful to address issues
related to drylands management, as well as to support decision-making related to the …

Remotely sensed data have been utilized for environmental change study over the past 30
years. Large collections of remote sensing imagery have made it possible for spatio …

摘要城市的急剧扩张加速了人类活动对生态环境的影响, 引发地表植被破坏, 水土流失,
热岛效应等各种生态问题. 摸清城市建设对生态环境的影响方式, 是维护城市生态安全 …

Extensive research has shown that urban land-use characteristics, including resident, work,
consumption, transit, etc., are significantly interrelated with travel behaviors and travel …

Urban sprawl is threatening the limited highly fertile land in the Nile Delta of Egypt. In this
research, Landsat TM satellite images of 1984 and 1992, and ETM+ of 2006 have been …

South America's drylands remain some of the most threatened ecosystems on the planet.
Yet, we know very little about the dynamics of land-use and land-cover change (LUCC) in …

In our days, factor analysis has become an important statistical instrument of investigation in
modern science, being an adequate tool to investigate the principles of interaction of …

Urban sprawl is threatening the limited highly fertile land in the Nile delta of Egypt. Landsat
TM satellite images of 1984, 1992 and ETM+ of 2006 have been used to study the impact of …

This study investigates environmental change over a 30-year period and attempts to gain a
better understanding of human impacts on an arid environment and their consequences for …