Land use change detection for environmental management : using multi-temporal, satellite data in the Apodi Valley of northeastern Brazil

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Boori, Mukesh Singh, Amaro, Venerando Eustaquio. Monash University. Faculty of Arts; 2010. Land use change detection for environmental management : using multi-temporal, satellite data in the Apodi Valley of northeastern Brazil.

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Title: Land use change detection for environmental management : using multi-temporal, satellite data in the Apodi Valley of northeastern Brazil
Creator: Boori, Mukesh Singh
Creator: Amaro, Venerando Eustaquio
Contributor: Monash University. Faculty of Arts. School of Geography and Environmental Science.
Subject: GIS
Subject: Land cover classification
Subject: Multi-temporal
Subject: Change detection
Subject: Remote sensing
Date: 2010
Publisher: Monash University. Faculty of Arts
Description: In this study maximum-likelihood, supervised classification along with post-classification change detection was applied to satellite images for 1986, 1989, 1996, 2001, and 2009, in order to map land-cover changes within the Apodi Valley region of northeastern Brazil. The supervised classification was carried out on the six reflective bands and ground truthed. The classification results were then further refined using ancillary data, visual interpretation and expert knowledge of the area along with GIS. Post-classification change detection then generated a change image in the form of cross-tabulations. Fifteen land cover classes existed within the area, and reclamation processes during the 1990’s changed them substantially, with conflicting changes being caused primarily by lack of both stability and consistency in the government’s land use policies. The result was extensive vegetation degradation and water logging in parts of the study area.

Identifier: http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/277575
Identifier: Boori, M. S.; Amaro, V. E. Land use change detection for environmental management : using multi-temporal, satellite data in the Apodi Valley of northeastern Brazil, Applied GIS. 2010; 6(2), 1-15
Identifier: monash:61987
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Language: eng
Relation: http://www.appliedgis.net
Type: journal article
Type: Collection. Applied GIS
Type: Monash open access journal
Source: 1832-5505

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