Land,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
13(12), P. 2167 - 2167
Published: Dec. 13, 2024
Rapid
urbanization
facilitates
socioeconomic
development
but
also
exacerbates
land
use/cover
change
(LUCC),
significantly
impacting
ecological
environments.
Timely,
objective,
and
quantitative
assessments
of
quality
changes
resulting
from
LUCC
are
essential
for
safeguarding
the
natural
environment
managing
resources.
However,
limited
research
has
explored
potential
interrelationships
between
spatio-temporal
heterogeneity
during
urbanization.
This
study
focuses
on
Xiong’an
New
Area,
a
region
experiencing
rapid
urbanization,
utilizing
remote
sensing-based
index
(RSEI)
to
monitor
dynamics
2017
2023.
To
address
computational
challenges
associated
with
large-scale
regions,
streamlined
RSEI
construction
method
was
developed
using
Landsat
imagery
implemented
via
Google
Earth
Engine
(GEE).
A
geographically
weighted
regression
(GWR)
analysis,
integrated
Sentinel-2
use
data,
employed
examine
influence
quality.
The
findings
reveal
following:
(1)
Ecological
in
Area
exhibited
an
overall
positive
trajectory,
improvements
elevating
status
above
moderate
levels.
(2)
Urban
expansion
resulted
17%
reduction
farmland,
primarily
converted
into
land,
which
expanded
by
approximately
12%.
(3)
protection
policies
have
facilitated
conversion
farmland
wetlands
urban
green
areas,
emerged
as
principal
contributors
enhancement.
(4)
correlation
observed
quality,
while
negative
identified
shifts
provides
valuable
scientific
insights
conservation
management,
thereby
establishing
foundation
rational
resource
planning
sustainable
strategies
Area.
Ecological Informatics,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
82, P. 102727 - 102727
Published: July 15, 2024
The
ecological
quality
of
arid
and
semi-arid
regions
(ASRs)
is
fragile,
the
evaluation
dynamic
changes
in
multi-factor,
long-time-series
these
can
provide
a
scientific
basis
for
sustainable
regional
development.
Based
on
remote
sensing
index
(RSEI)
its
derivative
indices
dedicated
to
monitoring
ASRs,
this
study
proposes
new
modified
RSEI
(nmRSEI)
suitable
ASRs.
We
used
nmRSEI
evaluate
analyse
factors
driving
Aibugai
River
Basin
middle
Inner
Mongolian
Plateau
core
Asia
from
1986
2022.
results
led
following
conclusions:
(1)
use
helps
solve
problems
related
original
greenness
index,
i.e.
normalised
difference
vegetation
which
was
readily
affected
by
soil
background
areas
with
low
coverage;
(2)
dryness
meet
requirements
surface
degree
>98.65%
area;
(3)
introduced
salinity
showed
significant
negative
correlation
nmRSEI;
(4)
exhibits
gradual
downward
trend
(Slope
=
−0.00326/10a);
(5)
temperature
main
factor
controlling
during
research
period.
provides
fast
effective
method
regularly
In
addition,
analysis
theoretical
support
protection
ASRs
realisation
United
Nations
2030
Sustainable
Development
Goals.
Remote Sensing,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(24), P. 4778 - 4778
Published: Dec. 21, 2024
The
Loess
Plateau
(LP)
in
China
is
an
ecologically
fragile
region
that
has
long
faced
challenges
such
as
soil
erosion,
water
shortages,
and
land
degradation.
spatial
temporal
variations
ecological
environment
quality
on
the
LP
from
2000
to
2020
were
analyzed
using
Remote
Sensing
Ecological
Index
(RSEI)
Google
Earth
Engine
(GEE)
platform.
Sen,
Mann–Kendall,
Hurst
exponent
analyses
used
examine
variation
trends
over
past
20
years,
while
Geodetector
identified
key
factors
influencing
RSEI
changes
their
interactions.
results
indicate
(1)
effectively
represents
environmental
of
LP,
with
47%
study
area’s
annual
mean
values
20-year
period
classified
moderate,
ranging
0.017
0.815.
(2)
showed
improvement
72%
area,
a
90%
overall
increase,
but
84%
these
are
not
likely
continue.
(3)
Key
during
abrupt
change
years
included
precipitation,
use/land
cover,
sediment
content,
precipitation
topography
emerging
primary
influences
quality.
Although
natural
largely
drive
changes,
human
activities
also
exert
both
positive
negative
effects.
This
underscores
importance
sustainable
management
provides
policy
insights
for
advancing
civilization
contributing
achievement
Sustainable
Development
Goals
(SDGs).
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(1)
Published: June 24, 2024
Abstract
The
Daling
River
Basin
is
an
important
ecological
functional
area
in
the
western
region
of
Liaoning
with
outstanding
environmental
problems.
monitoring
and
quality
basin
analysis
driving
factors
are
great
importance
for
protection
environment
improvement
economic
quality.
In
this
paper,
three
periods
Landsat
remote
sensing
images
1995,
2010
2020
used
as
basic
data,
platforms
technical
means
such
RS
GIS
to
decipher
extract
land
use
information,
construct
type
transfer
matrix.
index
(RSEI)
was
improved,
principal
component
method
applied
improved
(IRSEI)
model
based
on
greenness
(NDVI),
moisture
(WET),
heat
(LST)
new
dryness
(N-NDBSI),
so
realize
dynamic
study
area.
Based
change,
combined
trend
Basin,
thus
achieving
purpose
rapid
efficient
from
1995
2020.
A
geoprobe
then
systematically
assess
drivers
catchment.
results
show
that
can
efficiently
accurately
obtain
spatial
distribution
pattern
temporal
variation
IRSEI
area,
which
more
line
characteristics
indicators
showed
increasing
2020,
0.4794
0.5615,
proportion
benign
classes
increased
year
by
during
period.
Among
evaluation
indicators,
NDVI
N-NDBSI
main
affecting
increase
vegetation
cover,
climate
regulation
human
activities
have
obvious
promoting
effects
Basin.
This
provides
a
scientific
theoretical
basis
implementation
further
measures.
Frontiers in Environmental Science,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
13
Published: Feb. 11, 2025
Facing
the
challenges
brought
about
by
global
climate
change
and
biodiversity
loss,
accurately
assessing
ecological
environmental
quality
(EEQ),
its
driving
factors
are
crucial
for
formulating
effective
strategies
protection
restoration.
However,
there
remains
limited
understanding
of
interactions
causal
relationships
between
multiple
factors,
with
existing
studies
mainly
focusing
on
impact
individual
EEQ
their
correlations.
This
study
took
Myanmar
as
research
area,
employing
a
Remote
Sensing
Ecological
Index
(RSEI)
model
spatial
autocorrelation
analysis
to
quantitatively
evaluate
distribution
characteristics
Myanmar’s
in
2020
reveal
dependence.
Furthermore,
innovatively
integrating
Geodetector
Geographical
Convergent
Cross
Mapping
(GCCM)
methods,
this
systematically
analyzed
impacts
various
spatiotemporal
differentiation
EEQ.
The
results
indicate
that:
(1)
overall
was
relatively
good,
but
is
significant
heterogeneity;
(2)
Local
revealed
clear
clustering
pattern
Myanmar;
(3)
identified
DEM,
slope,
Net
Primary
Productivity
(NPP),
land
use,
human
footprint
dominant
influencing
EEQ,
among
these
factors;
(4)
GCCM
further
verified
effects
NPP,
while
temperature,
precipitation,
use
weaker.
established
technical
framework
analyzing
causes
unveiling
mechanisms
evolution
driven
natural
factors.
It
enriched
human-environment
within
coupled
systems
delved
into
complex
system.
These
insights
enhanced
our
intricate
providing
valuable
references
sustainable
development
Myanmar.
Electronics,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
14(7), P. 1335 - 1335
Published: March 27, 2025
Semantic
segmentation
has
emerged
as
a
critical
research
area
in
Earth
observation.
This
paper
proposes
novel
end-to-end
semantic
network,
the
Nested
Cross-Scale
and
Bidirectional
Feature
Fusion
Network
(NCSBFF-Net),
to
address
issues
such
intra-class
heterogeneity,
inter-class
homogeneity,
scale
variability,
classification
of
tiny
objects.
Specifically,
CNN-based
lightweight
feature
pyramid
module
is
employed
extract
contextual
information
across
multiple
scales,
thereby
addressing
heterogeneity.
The
NCSBFF
leverages
features
from
both
shallow
deep
layers
designed
fuse
multi-scale
features,
enhancing
differences.
Additionally,
shallowest
passed
Shuffle
Attention
block
module,
which
adaptively
filters
out
weak
details
highlights
for
Extensive
experiments
were
conducted
on
Potsdam
Vaihingen
benchmarks.
Experiment
results
demonstrate
that
NCSBFF-Net
outperforms
state-of-the-art
methods,
achieving
better
trade-off
between
accuracy
efficiency,
with
5%
improvement
mIoU
significantly
recognition
capability
small
complex
objects,
vehicles
irregular
land
parcels,
challenging
scenes,
1.73%
increase
demonstrating
balance
computational
efficiency
accuracy,
providing
an
optimized
solution
deployment
edge
devices.
Resources,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
14(4), P. 61 - 61
Published: April 4, 2025
Wetlands
are
transitional
lands
between
terrestrial
and
aquatic
systems
that
provide
various
ecosystem
services.
The
objective
of
this
study
was
to
evaluate
the
change
in
wetlands
Chimborazo
Wildlife
Reserve
(CR)
period
1986–2022
using
geographic
information
(GISs),
multitemporal
satellite
data,
field
data
from
16
reserve.
Images
Landsat
collections
(five
Thematic
Mapper,
seven
Enhanced
eight
Operational
Land
Imager
Thermal
Infrared
Sensor)
were
used.
Image
analysis
processing
performed,
resulting
maps
evaluated
a
GIS
environment
determine
land
cover
growth
rate
hydrophilic
opportunistic
vegetation
(HOV)
according
hillside
orientation.
results
show
there
negative
annual
anomalies
water-covered
areas,
which
coincide
with
increase
HOV.
This
shows
constancy
or
HOV,
varies
0.0018
0.0028,
causes
disappearance
these
ecosystems.
importance
lies
its
potential
contribution
decision-making
process
management
CR.