Examining deforestation and agropasture dynamics along the Brazilian TransAmazon Highway using multitemporal Landsat imagery

Examining deforestation and agropasture dynamics along the Brazilian TransAmazon Highway using multitemporal Landsat imagery

This research aims to understand the difference of major land-cover change results caused in various time periods and to examine the impacts of human-induced factors on land-cover changes along the TransAmazon Highway region. The Landsat Thematic Mapper and Operational Land Imager data from 2011, 20...

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Main Authors: Guiying Li, Dengsheng Lu, Emilio Moran, Miquéias Freitas Calvi, Luciano Vieira Dutra, Mateus Batistella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-02-01
Series:GIScience & Remote Sensing
Subjects:
deforestation
secondary forest
agropasture expansion
transamazon
multitemporal landsat imagery
human-induced factors
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2018.1497438

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2018.1497438

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