Journal of Remote Sensing & GIS

Qichun Yang

Publications

• Research Article
  Monitoring Land-Use and Land-Cover Change in the Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain 3 using Multi- temporal Landsat imagery
  Author(s): Shufen Pan1, Guiying Li, Qichun Yang, Zhiyun Ouyang,Graeme Lockaby and Hanqin Tian Shufen Pan1, Guiying Li, Qichun Yang, Zhiyun Ouyang,Graeme Lockaby and Hanqin Tian
  
  Rapid population growth and intensifying human activities have driven significant changes in coastal plains. As one of the largest coastal plains in the world, the U.S. Gulf Coastal Plain supports a huge population and provides numerous goods and ecological services to the human society. Spatial information on Land-Use and Land-Cover Change (LULCC) is essential for accurate assessment of human impacts on the structure and functioning of coastal ecosystems in this region. In this study, the Florida Panhandle region was selected as a case to characterize and detect changes in Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) in the Gulf Coastal Plain from 1985 to 2005. Landsat TM images in 1985, 1996 and 2005 were collected and processed to retrieve LULC information and to reflect temporal changes of major LULC types. Results indicated that urban areas expanded quickly and increased by about 79% from 1985 to .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2169-0049.1000108

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