Urban Land Systems: An Ecosystems Perspective
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UNCCD Library
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ebook
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978-3-03842-918-0
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Monika Kopeck´a, Harini Nagendra and Andrew Millington
Urban Land Systems: An Ecosystems Perspective
doi: 10.3390/land7010005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Andrew MacLachlan, Eloise Biggs, Gareth Roberts and Bryan Boruff
Urban Growth Dynamics in Perth, Western Australia: Using Applied Remote Sensing for Sustainable Future Planning
doi: 10.3390/land6010009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SurangaWadduwage, Andrew Millington, Neville D. Crossman and Harpinder Sandhu
Agricultural Land Fragmentation at Urban Fringes: An Application of Urban-To-Rural Gradient Analysis in Adelaide
doi: 10.3390/land6020028 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Baolei Zhang, Qiaoyun Zhang, Chaoyang Feng, Qingyu Feng and Shumin Zhang
Understanding Land Use and Land Cover Dynamics from 1976 to 2014 in Yellow River Delta
doi: 10.3390/land6010020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Bhagawat Rimal, Lifu Zhang, Dongjie Fu, Ripu Kunwar and Yongguang Zhai
Monitoring Urban Growth and the Nepal Earthquake 2015 for Sustainability of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
doi: 10.3390/land6020042 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Kotaro Iizuka, Brian A. Johnson, Akio Onishi, Damasa B. Magcale-Macandog, Isao Endo
and Milben Bragais
Modeling Future Urban Sprawl and Landscape Change in the Laguna de Bay Area, Philippines
doi: 10.3390/land6020026 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Monika Kopeck´a, Daniel Szatm´ari and Konˇstant´ın Rosina
Analysis of Urban Green Spaces Based on Sentinel-2A: Case Studies from Slovakia
doi: 10.3390/land6020025 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Somajita Paul and Harini Nagendra
Factors Influencing Perceptions and Use of Urban Nature: Surveys of Park Visitors in Delhi
doi: 10.3390/land6020027 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Christoph D. D. Rupprecht
Informal Urban Green Space: Residents’ Perception, Use, and Management Preferences across Four Major Japanese Shrinking Cities
doi: 10.3390/land6030059 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Azad Rasul, Heiko Balzter, Claire Smith, John Remedios, Bashir Adamu, Jos´e A. Sobrino,
Manat Srivanit and Qihao Weng
A Review on Remote Sensing of Urban Heat and Cool Islands
doi: 10.3390/land6020038 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Muhammad Tauhidur Rahman, Adel S. Aldosary and Md. Golam Mortoja
Modeling Future Land Cover Changes and Their Effects on the Land Surface Temperatures in the Saudi Arabian Eastern Coastal City of Dammam
doi: 10.3390/land6020036 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Monika Kopeck´a, Harini Nagendra and Andrew Millington
Urban Land Systems: An Ecosystems Perspective
doi: 10.3390/land7010005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Andrew MacLachlan, Eloise Biggs, Gareth Roberts and Bryan Boruff
Urban Growth Dynamics in Perth, Western Australia: Using Applied Remote Sensing for Sustainable Future Planning
doi: 10.3390/land6010009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SurangaWadduwage, Andrew Millington, Neville D. Crossman and Harpinder Sandhu
Agricultural Land Fragmentation at Urban Fringes: An Application of Urban-To-Rural Gradient Analysis in Adelaide
doi: 10.3390/land6020028 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Baolei Zhang, Qiaoyun Zhang, Chaoyang Feng, Qingyu Feng and Shumin Zhang
Understanding Land Use and Land Cover Dynamics from 1976 to 2014 in Yellow River Delta
doi: 10.3390/land6010020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Bhagawat Rimal, Lifu Zhang, Dongjie Fu, Ripu Kunwar and Yongguang Zhai
Monitoring Urban Growth and the Nepal Earthquake 2015 for Sustainability of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
doi: 10.3390/land6020042 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Kotaro Iizuka, Brian A. Johnson, Akio Onishi, Damasa B. Magcale-Macandog, Isao Endo
and Milben Bragais
Modeling Future Urban Sprawl and Landscape Change in the Laguna de Bay Area, Philippines
doi: 10.3390/land6020026 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Monika Kopeck´a, Daniel Szatm´ari and Konˇstant´ın Rosina
Analysis of Urban Green Spaces Based on Sentinel-2A: Case Studies from Slovakia
doi: 10.3390/land6020025 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Somajita Paul and Harini Nagendra
Factors Influencing Perceptions and Use of Urban Nature: Surveys of Park Visitors in Delhi
doi: 10.3390/land6020027 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Christoph D. D. Rupprecht
Informal Urban Green Space: Residents’ Perception, Use, and Management Preferences across Four Major Japanese Shrinking Cities
doi: 10.3390/land6030059 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Azad Rasul, Heiko Balzter, Claire Smith, John Remedios, Bashir Adamu, Jos´e A. Sobrino,
Manat Srivanit and Qihao Weng
A Review on Remote Sensing of Urban Heat and Cool Islands
doi: 10.3390/land6020038 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Muhammad Tauhidur Rahman, Adel S. Aldosary and Md. Golam Mortoja
Modeling Future Land Cover Changes and Their Effects on the Land Surface Temperatures in the Saudi Arabian Eastern Coastal City of Dammam
doi: 10.3390/land6020036 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Keywords
land use systems
urban land use
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