ABSTRACT
Intensive land use and increasing demand for agricultural commodities have led to changes in the ecosystem and hydrological balance of the Mekong Basin. Besides a small number of regional-scale remote-sensing studies undertaken for insular or continental Southeast Asia as a whole, only a few authors have published remote-sensing papers on the Mekong Delta region or case studies in other parts of the Basin, such as in northern Laos or in Yunnan, China. The special issue of International Journal of Remote Sensing serves as a forum for remote-sensing scientists with an interest in the Mekong River Basin to present their recent Basin-related works as well as applied case studies of the region. Considering the variety of contributions to this special issue, Remote Sensing the Mekong, its title can also stand as a synonym for the challenges that each remote-sensing scientist has to face when dealing with this region.
