Land Use - Science topic

Accurate simulation of land use/cover change (LUCC) is crucial for societal development. LUCC is a nonlinear spatiotemporal process with complicated relationships and latent dependencies on spatial and temporal neighborhoods. It is a challenge for conventional statistical or machine learning methods to efficiently obtain high-level representations...

The daily work of railway engineers and managers consists of making a series of decisions, the quality of which is crucial to the efficiency and resiliency of the rail system. They face many challenges in their decision-making, including large and complex infrastructure asset networks; limited resources, time and information; a range of outcomes; c...

Production restructuring in the era of globalization and neoliberalism has boosted broad territorial transformations, where urbanization seeks to support growing flows and logistics has acquired a fundamental role. In this context, the study explores changes related to logistical land use in the outskirts of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo (19...

To advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, it's essential to implement practices that improve the livelihoods sustainability. Achieving this goal requires identifying Factors affecting the livelihood sustainability of smallholder farmers (LSOSF). For this purpose, this study, conducted during 2023–2024. A statistical sample of 500...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the production characteristics and the efficiency of land and water use in monoculture and intercropping of arugula with jambu under water regimes in two crop cycles in the semi�arid region of Ceará, Brazil. The experimental design was randomized blocks, in a split-plot scheme, with 20 treatments and fou...

Remote sensing is an important tool for producing land use and land cover maps through a process known as image classification. With the respect to this study compared the accuracy of two classification techniques as Maximum Likelihood classification (MLC) and Minimum Distance classification using multispectral images from remotely sensed (LISS-III...

Water is a fundamental ecosystem good and service (EGS) for supporting life on Earth. In arid and semiarid regions, water scarcity is a recurring problem that limits socioeconomic activities and the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Inter-basin water transfer (IBWT) schemes have been employed to alleviate the impact of water scar...

There are about 15 billion tons of carbonaceous waste produced worldwide each year. If this waste could be used efficiently to generate energy and provide long-lasting environmental benefits, it could make a major contribution to global development. Biomass pyrolysis is an emerging renewable energy and material conversion technology that can produc...

The spatial configuration and management of agricultural and other land-use practices can affect ecological assemblages. However, the differences in how resident and migratory birds respond to land-use are remain unclear, hindering our understanding of bird biodiversity responses to land use. In a tropical moist broadleaf forest landscape of southe...

Extracting boundaries and recognizing features of metro station catchment area (MSCA) are crucial for rational urban and transportation planning. Metro stations characterized by their high concentration of people and activities, serve as key locations for human-environment interaction and the development of cognitive relationships with individuals....

Considering the morphological changes of rivers, the use of satellite images and information processing using geographic information system can be effective in quick and accurate evaluation of studies related to flooding. Quantitative-geomorphic indices including the central Cornice angle, bending coefficient, Channel migration rate, Linear directi...

How areas of land are allocated for different uses, such as forests, urban areas, and agriculture, has a large effect on the terrestrial carbon balance and, therefore, climate change. Based on available historical data on land-use changes and a simulation of the associated carbon emissions and removals, a surrogate model can be learned that makes i...

The influence of anthropogenic and natural driving forces has resulted in a remarkable change in vegetation cover in Bangladesh in recent years. This study explored the changes in vegetation cover and their driving forces in the Shibganj sub-district of Chapainawabganj district, Bangladesh, from 1990 to 2020. The Normalized Difference Vegetation In...

Object-Based Image Analysis (OBIA) is a method employed in the field of remote sensing with the objective of enhancing classification accuracy. This is achieved by focusing on image segments comprising groups of pixels, rather than evaluating individual pixels. By addressing the limitations of traditional pixel-based methods, OBIA is employed for t...

With “Carbon Neutral” goals and rural revitalization strategies, developing low-carbon tourism at agricultural heritage sites has become academically significant. Existing research overlooks how agricultural traditions, human-land relationships, and cultural diversity influence tourists’ carbon-reducing behaviors at heritage sites. Using XGBoost-SH...

Climate and land use change have increased human-wildlife interactions, potentially reducing wild species density and prompting behavioural adaptations to urbanised environments. It is still debated if behavioural responses are mainly the result of phenotypic plasticity or if they were driven by anthropic selective pressures, especially in small po...

Water clarity is a key indicator of trophic status and lake health, yet its long-term trends and driving factors remain underexplored due to limited historical data. To fill this gap, we developed a remote sensing algorithm utilizing Landsat imagery to produce water clarity maps in Lake Gaoyou spanning 1984–2023. Our findings reveal a significant i...

This chapter provides you the information regarding the role of agroforestry in sustainable land use

Context Habitat loss and land use homogenization cause a decline in biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. Plant community in small landscape features which remain post-land use change (small natural or semi-natural habitats) may overlap with plant community in semi-natural grasslands and buffer species decline in landscapes where little or no gr...

Water hyacinth is an invasive weed that significantly impacts Ethiopia’s environment and human well-being, particularly in Lake Koka and Lake Ziway. It reduces water availability and biodiversity in these areas. This study aimed to predict the spread of water hyacinth using GIS-based multi-criteria evaluation and Sentinel-2 imagery. Field collec...

This thesis examines the intricate correlations between spatial configurations, land use patterns, and urban street networks in Baghdad's heritage districts, specifically focusing on Old Rusafa through the lens of Space Syntax theory. Although the influence of street networks on urban land use is widely acknowledged, there remains a significant gap...

One of the major difficulties in the social sciences is obtaining comparable data from different sources. Especially, for small-scale data, such as municipalities within a country, and even more when the variables belong to different fields of knowledge. To avoid these problems, we present a database containing 45 geographic, climatic, hydrological...

Objetivo – O estudo desenvolve uma análise crítica, centrada no processo de turistificação espacial da região de Tofo, Barra, Tofinho e Rocha, (Município de Inhambane), geograficamente designada pela sigla TBT, no contexto cartográfico moçambicano, a partir de uma perspectiva analítica da ética ambiental. Desenho/metodologia/abordagem – A pesquisa...

Drought is a reoccurring phenomenon, with its impact spreading to more areas each year. Preparedness efforts rely on available resources, both natural and human. This study examines the characteristics of areas exposed to drought, focusing on natural and human resource variables. The study covers villages and their residents, using descriptive anal...

Land is essential for the flourishing of human civilizations. It is a complex interplay of natural processes, socioeconomic dynamics, and environmental sustainability. Hence, it influences policy, research, and practice. This study critically reviews the literature about the challenges and issues currently explored for sustainable development in gl...

新興感染症の75%以上を占めるとされる野生動物に由来する人獣共通感染症は、生態系の攪乱や劣化、土地利用変化、気候変動などが、野生動物種間や動物-ヒト間における病原体の感染拡大の主な駆動要因と認識されており、環境問題の一つとして理解されている。人流や物流で世界が一体化する今日、感染症パンデミックのリスクは極めて大きい。このことからヒト–動物–環境（生態系）に包括的に取り組むワンヘルス・アプローチによって、新たな感染症の異種間伝播（スピルオーバー）を抑制することが期待されている。これまでに病原体の宿主動物の探索、病原体スピルオーバーのプロセス予測、感染症ホットスポット予測などの研究が進められ、大きな成果が得られている。一方でヒトへのスピルオーバーリスク低減に不可欠な環境問題の解決にかかる研究、特...

Rapidly increasing housing demand has led to significant land-use changes, even in rural areas like Pakintelan Village. One major consequence of these changes is increased surface runoff, which can contribute to environmental issues. This study aims to analyze the surface runoff in Pakintelan Village and estimate the number and placement of infiltr...

Para el estado de San Luis Potosí, se han desarrollado distintos estudios sobre la dinámica de cambio en el uso de suelo (Miranda-Aragón et al., 2013, Farfán-Gutiérrez et al., 2019) que han permitido identificar y ubicar espacialmente los cambios en la entidad. Ambos trabajos se basaron en la comparación de la información vectorial de las series ii...

Several EU climate change mitigation policies have the potential to deliver health co-benefits. However, existing frameworks guiding research in this area lack important details that are needed to understand how evidence of health co-benefits can be used to support the ambition and acceptability of EU climate policy. In this Personal View, we propo...

As Australia looks forward to hosting the 2032 Olympics, it is an opportune time to reflect on the hard edges of mega-event soft power in the land down under, especially in relation to Brisbane’s experience with Expo 88. This chapter provides a brief review of the history of Australian mega-events, including international exhibitions and the Olympi...

Land use and land cover (LULC) changes can potentially impact natural ecosystems and are considered key components of global environmental change. The majority of LULC changes are related to human activities. Anthropogenic modifications have resulted in significant changes in the structure and fragmentation of landscapes. This research aimed to ana...

Local energy transitions are shaped by diverse stakeholder perspectives on land use, reflecting competing values, knowledge systems, and political views. This study applies the landscape services framework to systematically assess renewable energy (RE) suitability across different landscapes, capturing both ecological and socio-cultural dimensions....

Construction land reduction (CLR) represents China’s ambitious attempt to promote intensive and sustainable land use, yet its implementation faces challenges due to intricate interdependences within land use systems. Under limited management resources, effective strategies must be allocated differentiated efforts and implemented in an optimal seque...

Competition for land is a key challenge for decarbonized energy transitions. Open-space solar energy farms are gaining in importance but have large land requirements and displace agricultural production. Agrivoltaics offers a compromise, integrating solar panels into existing farming operations. However, adoption of Agrivoltaics remains limited, as...

The specific needs of children – and the impacts of road design, traffic, and congestion on them – tend to be poorly addressed in transport planning, including in cities like Nairobi. While a growing body of research on the geography of education in African cities has delved into aspects of school travel, equity, and their effects on learning, the...

Resumen: Este proyecto propone una serie de estrategias para frenar el despoblamiento del centro histórico de Guadalajara, un fenómeno originado por decisiones políticas y económicas tomadas tras la crisis de deuda de los años ochenta. A raíz de la adopción de políticas neoliberales, el Estado mexicano perdió gran parte de su capacidad para interve...

The LAURA database is a resurvey dataset documenting long-term changes in forest vegetation across southwestern Poland. It currently includes 842 phytosociological relevés from 409 plots across 20 sites. The dataset covers a wide range of forest types, from lowland riparian forests up to subalpine woods. The database primarily relies on archival da...

The environmental exploitation of a region requires the study of its natural conditions and resources, as well as its geography and the related historical processes. In turn, the study of environmental conditions sheds light on material and non-material culture and traditions, as well as the patterns of natural resource use and settlement preferenc...

Road transportation policies can drive innovation in more environmentally sustainable vehicle and fuel technologies but may have unintended consequences. To assess their impacts on technology innovation, greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, and land use, we systematically review and analyze evidence on the outcomes of 14 road transportation pol...

Significant efforts are underway to restore the ecosystem services of peatlands. In this study, map tiles (1:25,000) from the 1930s in Northern Germany were analysed to determine how the release of GHG emissions and the ecological state of peatlands have changed over the past century. In the 1930s, species-rich, moderately used grassland ecosystems...

Agroforestry, the practice of integrating trees with agricultural crops and livestock, has emerged as a sustainable land-use approach with multiple ecological, economic, and social benefits. This review explores the role of agroforestry in enhancing biodiversity and ecosystem services such as soil fertility, water regulation, carbon sequestration,...

Anticipating futures can inform today’s decisions. However, existing scenario approaches need systemic methods to diversify the established storylines and to incorporate surprises. We propose a ‘wild logic’ scenario method, which is informed by participatory work and combines logic from exploratory scenarios with assumptions on governance modes. We...

In many developing countries, including those in Sub-Saharan Africa, the use of land as an economic asset to attract and generate capital for development remains underutilized. This study examines the legal devices available in Nigeria for using land as security to access loans, with particular emphasis on the pledge of land. It provides an overvie...

This paper examines the economic effects of trading on upper floor levels in the Kotokuraba market on traders in Cape Coast. The study employed a case study design with a qualitative approach. Purposive and convenient sampling techniques were used to select 17 participants for the study. Data for the study was collected using an in-depth interview....

Water plays multiple roles in the Earth system functioning and stability, and all its sub-systems are currently affected by human activity. As one of those issues, change in evapo-transpiration caused by land use change can have a significant impact on rainfall and water availability, yet this issue is not yet well covered by available Life Cycle I...

The paper investigates which information on flood risk is needed for local land‐use planning and how a risk‐based planning approach can be implemented. The article is based on the results of a municipal consultation meeting at which German municipalities presented their planning cases in flood‐prone areas. These cases included the conversion of exi...

En este contexto, el enfoque “One Health” (Una Sola Salud) se consolida como una estrategia integral que promueve la articulación de la salud humana, animal y ambiental para optimizar los esfuerzos de prevención, vigilancia y respuesta ante enfermedades emergentes, reemergentes y zoonóticas. Este enfoque reconoce las interconexiones entre ecosistem...

The conflicts between farmers and pastoralists have prevailed in several parts of the world in history, posing effects such as deaths, injuries, economic hardship and loss of properties. This study focused on exploring the effectiveness of government intervention in resolving conflicts between pastoralists and farmers in Handeni District, Tanzania....

Finding a wind potential site that is ideal for energy production and planning for sustainable land use, environmental management, and protection all depend on the analysis of suitability for wind farms. This study's objective was to locate potential sites for wind farms using a Geographic Information System (GIS) and the Best-Worst Method (BWM). I...

Entre agosto de 2023 y septiembre de 2024, se realizó un estudio en la cuenca del caño Iracá en el piedemonte llanero colombiano, para evaluar el estado actual de los bosques en función del régimen del uso del suelo. Durante este periodo se midieron dos variables críticas de impacto antrópico: la fragmentación y las pérdidas de conectividad de los...

Environment and land use at the UNESCO heritage site Maulbronn monastery according to pollen analysis on lake/pond sediments during 5 Millennia

Citation: Deb Roy, P.; Dey, S.; Bhogapurapu, N.; Chakraborty, S. Retrieval of Surface Soil Moisture at Field Scale Using Sentinel-1 SAR Data. Sensors 2025, 25, 3065. https:// Abstract: The presence of vegetation in agricultural fields affects the accuracy of soil moisture retrieval using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. As a result, the estimat...

High-resolution imaging is essential in remote sensing and geoscience for precise environmental and geological analysis. DR-SCAN (Dual-Branch Residual Spatial and Channel Attention Networks), a neural network architecture for image super-resolution across these domains, is introduced. Evaluated on the UCMerced Land Use and DeepRock-SR datasets, DR-...

Nitrogen fertilization can significantly enhance the productivity of maize and peanuts in an intercropping system. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of full, partial, or complementary substitution of nitrogen fertilization through intercropping with peanuts on leaf nutrient levels and maize yield. The experiment was conducted from February to...

In recent years, transforming green resources and managing existing mineral reserves through sustainable policies have become essential for achieving an environmentally sustainable future. In this regard, countries with high biocapacity and abundant mineral reserves have attracted increasing attention, making the implementation of sustainable strat...

Karst rocky desertification (KRD) profoundly impacts the ecological health and sustainable development of karst areas. However, few studies have examined its evolution and driving factors on a large spatial scale. This research analyzed the KRD’s evolution and driving factors in southwestern China from 1990 to 2020 using Google Earth Engine (GEE)....

Carbon storage (CS) plays a critical role in addressing climate change, protecting ecosystems, and achieving sustainable development. Land use in urban agglomeration is of great significance for the carbon storage and carbon neutrality. This study employs the PLUS-InVEST model to analyze and predict the dynamics of Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) an...

Environmental footprints should play a key role in monitoring the bioeconomy. They can capture environmental pressures and impacts of biomass production and extraction, as well as provide comparable per capita values disclosing how biomass use is distributed globally. As such, footprints could help ensure a sustainable transition and implementation...

Розглянуто сучасний стан лісогосподарського землекористування в межах Жовтанецької територіальної громади. У громаді властиве інтенсивне використання земель сільськогосподарського призначення і значно менше лісів і водно-болотних ресурсів. Лише 11,38 % земель громади становлять ліси та інші лісовкриті площі, які в основному представлені в північній...

Microbial communities are fundamental to host health, yet their assembly dynamics under environmental change remain poorly understood. We analyzed individual-level host-microbe networks in the non-native wild black rats (Rattus rattus) across a land-use gradient in Madagascar. By applying a moving prevalence threshold, we distinguished between core...

Dhaka, one of the most densely populated and rapidly urbanizing cities globally, faces severe traffic congestion, uncoordinated land use, and insufficient pedestrian infrastructure. Karwan Bazar, a key commercial hub along MRT Line-6, suffers from poor land-use integration, inadequate pedestrian facilities, and a lack of green public spaces. Desp...

Este proyecto propone una serie de estrategias para frenar el despoblamiento del centro histórico de Guadalajara, un fenómeno originado por decisiones políticas y económicas tomadas tras la crisis de deuda de los años ochenta. A raíz de la adopción de políticas neoliberales, el Estado mexicano perdió gran parte de su capacidad para intervenir en la...

Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate whether there are distinctions between agriculture practiced in urban and rural areas that justify the definition of urban agriculture as a specific category, considering the growth of agricultural practices in urban areas. Theoretical Framework: The research is based on authors who discuss t...

The TerraClass Cerrado Project is an essential initiative for tracking land-use changes in the Brazilian Cerrado, an ecologically important threatened Brazilian biome. Launched in 2013, the project uses satellite imagery and advanced remote sensing techniques to map land cover types, focusing on secondary vegetation (SV), which is central for carbo...

RESUMO Este estudo investigou a distribuição da área da cultura da soja na região do Matopiba entre as classes de capacidade de uso do solo. As normas técnicas para o cultivo da soja restringem as classes de I a IV como adequadas. As classes V a VII são consideradas inadequadas para soja devido ao maior risco de degradação do solo. A análise revelo...

Protected Areas (PAs) are central to addressing the world's biodiversity crisis, but their effectiveness for conservation varies. Therefore, high‐resolution habitat condition monitoring is needed to evaluate their individual impacts. Critically, monitoring must efficiently scale to cover large areas and be conducted at regular intervals. Remote sen...

Governments provide more than USD 800 billion annually in environmentally harmful subsidies at the global level despite international commitments. This paper introduces a novel and replicable framework for identifying biodiversity-harmful subsidies within national budgets. Our multidimensional approach is based on the five drivers of biodiversity l...

Nos anos de 2015 e 2019, dois eventos envolvendo barragens de rejeitos no estado de Minas Gerais marcaram para sempre a história do país por conta de seu impacto significativo na natureza e na sociedade. Os rompimentos das barragens de Fundão e da mina do Córrego do Feijão, localizadas respectivamente nos municípios de Mariana e Brumadinho, deixara...

This study models changes in land cover and land use in the intermediate city of Puerto Montt, Chile, up to 2050. Three distinct time periods-1988, 2005, and 2020-were used to examine Puerto Montt's urban growth during these years. These periods were described using the Local Climate Zones (LCZ) technique. Urban growth scenarios were simulated usin...

Despite advancements at the state level, many local highway agencies administering county roads lack an established pavement management system. This is often due to insufficient resources, technical expertise, and challenges related to data availability and quality. This research paper introduces a hybrid system for prioritizing pavement maintenanc...

O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o uso de bandas de imagens de satélite para mapear áreas agrícolas em Petrolina-PE, utilizando séries temporais e algoritmos de machine learning. Foram comparados os modelos Random Forest (RF) e Temporal Convolutional Neural Network (TempCNN) na identificação de classes de uso e cobertura da terra com ênfase em c...

Analisar a supressão da cobertura vegetal natural e da dinâmica do fogo é fundamental para compreender como ambos alteram o funcionamento dos ecossistemas. Este estudo analisa o histórico, os padrões e as tendências de ocorrência dos focos de calor no interior e no entorno do território Kalunga de Goiás (KG), e sua relação com as mudanças na cobert...

The conversion of forestlands into pasturelands and croplands embraces deforestation as the main route. Given this, the intuitive time series analysis can improve land use and land cover (LULC) monitoring initiatives. Time series derived from the stacking of images and extraction of spectral indices enable us to monitor LULC conversion. This proces...

UK environmental policy places an increasing emphasis on large-scale land-use change, with tree-planting objectives set to contribute towards meeting legislated climate and environmental targets. Upland landscapes might expect to see disproportionate change because of the perception that opportunity costs (e.g. from foregone agricultural activities...

Este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar as condições ambientais e hídricas de uma bacia hidrográfica semiárida, com foco nas dinâmicas naturais e vulnerabilidades associadas ao relevo, solos, vegetação, uso da terra e clima. A metodologia foi estruturada em três etapas: (i) coleta de dados geoespaciais e meteorológicos sobre vegetação, solos, relevo...

This research employs Agent-Based Modelling (ABM) to assess the impact of land pricing policies on urban agricultural land fragmentation, focusing on enhancing Urban Agricultural productivity. Targeted at policymakers, the study provides a predictive tool for evaluating and managing urban land use, emphasising how land fragmentation influences agri...

Microplastic (MP) pollution has become a prevalent issue in aquatic environments. These particles may adversely affect aquatic organisms due to their small size and unique morphology. An additional concern is their ability to be a vector of inorganic and organic pollutants that might subsequently leach into marine and freshwater systems, thus havin...

This study analyzed gender disparities in daily mobility patterns in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area, with a focus on the impacts of built environment factors and considering the socioeconomic characteristics of the individuals. Using data from the 2018 Household Mobility Survey and multilevel regression models, the gender gap in mobility was an...

It is known that bio-physical alterations in ecosystems change the relationships between people and their environments. The urban ecosystems cannot be managed without considering the role of green spaces. In Pakistan, many such eco-systems exist, regulated and monitored by well-established authorities. However, they do not have practical frameworks...

Crop genetic resources are crucial for sustaining human life, agricultural productivity, and diversity at different levels. Ethiopia is a country rich in biodiversity, which puts the country among the major world seats for crop origin and diversity. Due to factors like land use change, climate change and the introduction and expansion of modern var...

With the acceleration of urbanization, waterfront area has become an important economic development area because of its unique geographical location. In view of the unreasonable planning of waterfront development and the maximization of economic benefits. In this paper, the Cellular Automata and Markov (CA-Markov) model is used to evaluate and pred...

Metaverse environments aim at replicating physical reality at various scales. While the potential growth of digital land is limitless, certain development factors may drive greater growth and lead to changes in surrounding land use and the expansion of developed land. In this study, we are bridging digital and physical world living environments usi...

Longstanding theories and models classify mineral-associated organic matter (MAOM) as the large (~60%) but slow-cycling and persistent portion of the soil organic matter (SOM) pool. Strong physico-chemical interactions and diffusion limitations restrict the turnover of MAOM, allowing carbon and nitrogen bound therein to persist in soil for as long...

The aim of the research was to determine the status of soil chemical properties in cocoa (Theobroma cacao L) plants in Herlang District, Bulukumba Regency. The research method used was field and descriptive surveys, field surveys and making maps as work maps in research obtained from administrative maps, soil type maps, slope maps and land use maps...

This study aims to analyze the potential development of land use area in Pitumpanua District, Wajo Regency. The land survey was conducted using the land unit system method, consisting of basic data preparation, field exploration, soil description, soil sampling, laboratory analysis and land suitability assessment of rice plants. The research method...

Land use and land cover changes (LULCCs) can influence precipitation via changes in surface energy, water flux, and large-scale atmospheric circulation, with great implications for the sustainable development of nature and society. However, the impacts and mechanisms of these contributors to extreme precipitation changes compared with mean changes...

Sustainable urbanization of metropolises requires effective utilization of limited land resources. Existing studies focusing on direct land use and land footprints have overlooked the internal structure of virtual land flow network. This impedes the comprehensive understanding of land use interactions across regions and sectors. This study focuses...

As human‐modified landscape and climate changes proliferate, maintaining biodiversity and understanding the function and quality of available habitat is imperative. As anurans (frogs/toads) such as Pseudacris crucifer, can be an indicator species of habitat quality and ecosystem productivity, studying the anuran community in a mixed‐land use region...

We still lack substantial understanding on how landscape characteristics shape the storage and release of water at the catchment scale. Here we use 13 years of fortnightly precipitation and streamflow δ18O measurements together with hydrometeorological data from 12 nested catchments (0.5 to 247.5&tinsp;km2) in the Alzette River basin (Luxembourg) t...

Clarifying the impact of surface coal mining on carbon storage in semi-arid steppe is an important means to promote low-carbon emission reduction and green high-quality development in semi-arid steppe surface coal mining area under the background of the “double carbon” goal. Based on the land use data of eight periods from 2002 to 2023, the carbon...