Research studies aimed at integrating socio-economic and geo-bio-physical factors are
increasingly being used in order to improve our understanding of the causes and effects of …

In Malaysia, rapid changes in land use invariably portrayed have a relationship with
environmental degradation. However, this has always been stated without any quantitative …

Changes in agricultural practices have led to declines in the farming population and
significant changes within the landscape. Paradoxically, many rural areas are recording …

This investigation tested the usefulness of geometry-based landscape metrics for monitoring
landscapes in a heavily disturbed environment. Research was carried out in a 75 sq km …

The aim of this study was to assess the ability of optical images, SAR (Synthetic Aperture
Radar) images and the combination of both types of data to discriminate between …

Data from airborne or space sensors are now an important source of information for
monitoring coastal processes. The spectral, spatial, and temporal properties of the …

This research attempts to investigate what drives three conversions of arable land during the
period 1985–2000 in a marginal agricultural landscape in Southern Portugal: afforestation of …

基于遥感, GIS 技术和景观生态学方法, 以太湖流域为研究区域, 在1985 年, 1995 年和2000
年的土地利用图基础上, 分析了土地利用与景观格局演变. 结果表明, 15 年间 …

Landscape monitoring usually relies on land-use statistics whichreflect the share of land-
sue/land cover types. In order tounderstand the functioning of landscapes, landscape …

As in many parts of Europe, two opposing forces of change have shaped Norwegian
agricultural landscapes during the last decades: intensification of cultivation in favourable …