Remote Sensing and Land-use Change
Our world is changing more rapidly and intensely than ever before. To best understand the drivers and impacts of this change, we need robust tools to measure it. The use of remotely sensed data, such as satellite and aerial imagery, enables us to examine long-term changes at a global scale.
We use satellite imagery to measure and monitor changes in land cover and land use in a variety of landscapes including protected areas, peri-urban environments, and agricultural landscapes.Our primary goal is to identify patterns in land-cover and land-use change to assess threats to human livelihoods, wildlife conservation, and ecosystem processes. We specifically focus on landscape fragmentation and loss of natural areas, shrub encroachment and deforestation, and changes in urbanization and agricultural expansion. Our most recent publication on land-use change in southern Africa was published in the Journal of Land-Use Science. |
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