Open AccessUsing remote sensing and GIS to monitor of land cover change in the Middle Volga region during 1985-2014
Author(s) -
Yu Polevshchikova
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/507/1/012025
Subject(s) - land cover , environmental resource management , geography , remote sensing , change detection , cover (algebra) , land use , climate change , land degradation , global change , productivity , land use, land use change and forestry , biodiversity , physical geography , environmental science , ecology , agriculture , archaeology , mechanical engineering , macroeconomics , engineering , economics , biology
Study of land cover change is one of the most significant fields in sustainable development in forestry and prevention of ecological degradation in the Middle Volga region. Land use change can directly transform wide landscapes, impact on the biodiversity and eco-productivity. Due to these remote sensing technologies, take an important place in such research. GIS techniques are widely used for land cover change monitoring under climate change and human impact but the lack of reliable information on land use changes remains a major challenge of today. The research covers the assessment of land cover change caused by different types of natural and human disturbance in the Middle Volga region of the Russian Federation. This paper argues the method of monitoring of land cover change using satellite information and assessing land cover that can be beneficial for the further research affecting changes over different space and time scales.