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Volume 2 of
Remote Sensing of LCLUC in South and Southeast Asia handbook explores the complex, dynamic interactions between land use, development, and the environment in the region. With contributions from NASA and regional experts, it highlights the transformative power of remote sensing and ML while calling stakeholders to action.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Factors Affecting Food Insecurity Across Under-Developed Regions of India, Contrasting Indicators of Household-Scale Socioeconomics and Land Cover Change. 2. Understanding Changes in Agricultural Land Use and Land Cover in the Breadbasket Area of the Ganges Basin 2000-2015: A Socioeconomic-ecological Analysis. 3. Spatiotemporal Distribution and Recent Trends in Crop Water Use Across India. 4. Forest Transitions in Dry Tropical Forests of Central India: Insights from Satellite Data and Socioeconomic Surveys. 5. Remote Measures and Remote Policies: A Critique of Remote Sensing in Indian Forests and Environmental Policy with Suggestions for Moving Forward. 6. Ecological Evaluation and Assessment of Spatial Variables Influencing the Urban Heat Island Effect in Bangalore, India. 7. Urbanization and Settlement Growth in Forested Areas of South and Southeast Asia - Analysis Using Nighttime Satellite Datasets. 8. Urbanization's effects on Heat Dynamics in Bangaluru City using UTCI and LCZ Classification. 9. Assessment of Indian Flying Fox (Pteropus medius) Roosting Sites in Northern Kerala using Landsat-derived NDVI. 10. Analysis of the Relationship Between Cloud Fraction (CF) and Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) for Heterogeneous Rainfall Regimes Over Peninsular India. 11. The Role of Land Cover/Land Use in Malaria Transmission in Myanmar. 12. Ongoing Issues in Land Cover and Land Use Change in Thailand and Priority Actions for Policy. 13. Understanding Observed Agricultural Landscape Change in ¿¿ng Tháp Province, Vietnam: Local Perceptions and Drivers of Land Use and Land Cover Change around Tràm Chim National Park. 14. Enhancing Agricultural Forecasting: Remote Sensing and Climate Data Integration for Crop Yield Predictions in the Chi Basin, Thailand. 15. Biomass Burning Emission Inventory and Modelling in the Northern part of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (nASEAN). 16. Estimates of Emissions from Open Biomass Burning in South-Southeast Asia: Utilizing Fengyun-3D Fire Spot Monitoring Data.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Dr. Krishna Prasad Vadrevu is a remote sensing scientist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, USA. His research focuses on land cover and land use change (LCLUC), fire dynamics, and biomass burning emissions. With 25 years of experience in satellite remote sensing, he has an extensive publication record. He is the Deputy Program Manager for NASA's LCLUC Program and leads the South/Southeast Asia Research Initiative.
Dr. Christopher Justice is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA, with 45 years of experience in remote sensing research. He is a Project Scientist for the NASA LCLUC Program, the Land Discipline Lead for NASA MODIS, and a Suomi-NPP VIIRS Science Team member. Additionally, he is the Co-Chair of the GEO Global Agricultural Monitoring Initiative (GEOGLAM), Chief Scientist for NASA HARVEST, and Chair of the international Global Observations of Forest and Land Use Dynamics (GOFC-GOLD) program.
Dr. Garik Gutman is Program Manager for the NASA Land-Cover/Land-Use Change (LCLUC) Program. After 14 years of research on deriving land surface variables from satellite data at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), he joined NASA Headquarters in 1999 and has been leading the LCLUC program, as well as Landsat-related activities, at NASA for over 25 years. He is the author of over 90 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals and of several chapters in various climate- and land-cover related scientific volumes.
