ABSTRACT
Re-envisioning Remote Sensing Applications: Perspectives from Developing Countries aims at discussing varied applications of remote sensing, with respect to upcoming technologies with diverse themes. Organized into four sections of overlapping areas of research, the book covers chapters with themes related to agriculture, soil and land degradation studies; hydrology, microclimates and climate change impacts; land use/land cover analysis applications; resource analysis and bibliometric studies, culminating with future research agenda. All the topics are supported via case studies and spatial data analysis.
Features:
- Provides the applications of remote sensing in all fields through varied case studies and spatial data analysis
- Includes soil and land degradation, microclimates, and climate change impacts
- Covers remote sensing applications in broad areas of agriculture, hydrology, land use/land cover change and resource analysis
- Discusses usage of GPS-enabled smartphones and digital gadgets used for mapping and spatial analysis
- Explores future research agenda for applications of remote sensing in post-COVID scenario
This book is of interest to researchers and graduate students in environmental sciences, remote sensing, GIS, agricultural scientists and managers, forestry scientists and managers, and water resources scientists and managers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Section I|92 pages
Agricultural, Soil and Land Degradation Studies
chapter 4|22 pages
Prediction of Urban Expansion and Identifying Its Impacts on the Degradation of Agricultural Land
part Section II|62 pages
Hydrology, Microclimates and Climate Change Impacts
part Section III|102 pages
Land Use/Land Cover Analysis Applications
chapter 11|8 pages
Impacts of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change on Land Degradation
chapter 12|24 pages
Remote Sensing-Based Approach to Identify the Influence of Land Use/Land Cover Change on the Urban Thermal Environment
chapter 13|20 pages
Modeling Land-Use/Land-Cover Change, Using Multi-Layer Perceptron and Markov Chain Analysis
part Section IV|56 pages
Resource Analysis and Bibliometric Studies