Remote Sensing of Land Cover and Land Use Changes in South and Southeast Asia, Volume 2

Impacts on the Environment

Krishna Prasad Vadrevu, Christopher Justice, Garik Gutman

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781040387986
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Geography
• Index: Geography

South and Southeast Asian countries are experiencing rapid land cover and land use changes (LCLUC) driven by urbanization, agricultural expansion, deforestation, and infrastructure development. These transformations have significant impacts on biodiversity, water resources, food security, and climate regulation. There is an urgent need to quantify LCLUC impacts to design effective management strategies that help understand, mitigate, and adapt to these changes. Remote sensing data plays a crucial role in providing diverse information essential for assessing land use patterns, quantifying changes, and evaluating both environmental and societal impacts.

Volume 2 explores the complex and dynamic interactions between land use and the environment in the region. It brings together expertise from U.S. contributors of the NASA-funded Southeast Asia Research Initiative (SARI) and collaborators from South and Southeast Asian countries.

Key Features:

• Presents case studies on LCLUC impacts related to food security, heat stress, urbanization, agricultural intensification, water scarcity, forest transitions, and ecosystem health.
• Demonstrates the use of novel machine learning and deep learning algorithms for quantifying LCLUC impacts.
• Explores how satellite remote sensing can reveal hidden patterns, track environmental degradation, and support resource management.
• Highlights the integration of very high-resolution data with mid-resolution satellite data for effective LCLUC impact mapping and monitoring.
• Adopts a multidisciplinary approach, emphasizing the integration of biophysical and socio-economic data to address LCLUC impacts.

This book highlights the transformative power of remote sensing and geospatial technologies while calling researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to action. It offers valuable insights for scientists, geographers, ecologists, remote sensing specialists, and anyone interested in the intersection of land use, development, and environmental sustainability.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• About the Editors
• List of Contributors
• 1 Factors Affecting Food Insecurity Across Under-Developed Regions of India, Contrasting Indicators of Household-Scale Socioeconomics and Land Cover Change
• 2 Understanding Changes in Agricultural Land Use and Land Cover in the Breadbasket Area of the Ganges Basin 2000–2015: A Socioeconomic-Ecological Analysis
• 3 Spatiotemporal Distribution and Recent Trends in Crop Water Use Across India
• 4 Forest Transitions in Dry Tropical Forests of Central India: Insights From Satellite Data and Socioeconomic Surveys
• 5 Remote Measures and Remote Policies: A Critique of Remote Sensing in Indian Forests and Environmental Policy with Suggestions for Moving Forward
• 6 Ecological Evaluation and Assessment of Spatial Variables Influencing the Urban Heat Island Effect in Bangalore, India
• 7 Urbanization and Settlement Growth in Forested Areas of South and Southeast Asia: Analysis Using Nighttime Satellite Datasets
• 8 Urbanization’s Effects on Heat Dynamics in Bangaluru City Using UTCI and LCZ Classification
• 9 Assessment of Indian Flying Fox (Pteropus medius) Roosting Sites in Northern Kerala using Landsat-derived NDVI
• 10 Analysis of Relationship Between Cloud Fraction (CF) and Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) for Heterogeneous Rainfall Regimes Over Peninsular India
• 11 The Role of Land Cover/Land Use in Malaria Transmission in Myanmar
• 12 Ongoing Issues in Land Cover and Land Use Change in Thailand and Priority Actions for Policy
• 13 Understanding Observed Agricultural Landscape Change in Đồng Tháp Province, Vietnam: Local Perceptions and Drivers of Land Use and Land Cover Change around Tràm Chim National Park
• 14 Enhancing Agricultural Forecasting: Remote Sensing and Climate Data Integration for Crop Yield Predictions in the Chi Basin, Thailand
• 15 Biomass Burning Emission Inventory and Modeling in the Northern Part of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (nASEAN)
• 16 Estimates of Emissions from Open Biomass Burning in South-Southeast Asia: Utilizing Fengyun-3D Fire Spot Monitoring Data
• Index