Essays about: "LANDSAT MSS"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words LANDSAT MSS.

  1. 1. Carta ex Machina: Testing object-based machine learning and unsupervised classification in land use change detection mapping in the semi-arid governorate of Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Kristian Emil Havnsgaard Paludan; [2021]
    Keywords : Change detection; Land use mapping; LANDSAT MSS; LANDSAT TM; GEOBIA; Random Forest classification; ISODATA cluster classification; Object-based classification; Semi-arid agriculture; Irrigation mapping; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia is an inland governorate in Tunisia that has undergone a rapid agricultural and urban development since the Tunisian independence in 1952 from being a rural and largely nomadic region into a hub of irrigated agriculture. In 2010 Mohamed Bouazizi sparked the Tunisian revolution by lighting himself on fire int he city of Sidi Bouzid, with some blaming the inequality and water scarcity created by this rapid expansion in the irrigation farming as an important cause (Bayat, 2017; Malka, 2018). READ MORE

  3. 2. Tracing mangrove forest dynamics of Bangladesh using historical Landsat data

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Md Monirul Islam; [2017]
    Keywords : Bangladesh; Physical Geography and Ecosystem Analysis; Landsat; mangroves; change detection; time-series; NDVI; supervised classification; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Present, accurate, and reliable estimation of mangrove forests in Bangladesh is limited. Former estimation of mangroves extent and density has been more or less restricted to Sundarbans and do not represent the whole country. READ MORE

  4. 3. Application of GIS in ecotourism development : a case study in Sundarbans, Bangladesh

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Md. Azizur Rahman; [2010]
    Keywords : Ecotourism; planning; GIS; land use change; Sundarbans; Bangladesh;

    Abstract : GIS can be used in tourism as a decision supporting tool for sustainable tourism planning, impact assessment, visitor flow management, and tourism site selection. Therefore, the potential for GIS applications in tourism is significant. READ MORE

  5. 4. Land use/ land cover change detection and quantification : a case study in eastern Sudan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Yasar Arfat; [2010]
    Keywords : geography; physical geography; land use land cover changes; landsat MSS; TM and ETM ; Sudan; Gadarif; remote sensing; ISODATA; maximum likelihood classifier; post classification change detection; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Remote sensing with high temporal resolution images has become a very strong tool for monitoring the Land use/Land cover (LULC) changes. Sudan has long been experiencing intense LULC changes. These LULC changes have resulted in widespread land degradation. READ MORE

  6. 5. An assessment of lake extent Changes Using four sets of satellite imagery from the Terra Look database: a case study of Lake Chad, Africa

    University essay from Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK)

    Author : Nelson Eyeni Sambi Ebenki; [2010]
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    Abstract : Lake Chad is located in Central Africa. This lake is shared by four countries namely Cameroon, Nigeria, Chad and Niger. The total population of the five urban areas that make up the Lake Chad drainage basin in 1991 was about 22 million inhabitants, with an average density of 22 persons/ km2. READ MORE