INVESTIGATIVE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AND MODELLING OF EXISTING AND FUTURE URBAN LAND CHANGES AND ITS IMPACT ON URBANIZATION AND ECONOMY

Investigative Spatial Distribution and Modelling of Existing and Future Urban Land Changes and Its Impact on Urbanization and Economy

Land use and land cover (LULC) change analysis is a critical instrument for studying urban growth across the world.Our objectives were to produce historical LULC maps during the 1988–2016 period for spatial and temporal analysis, forecast future LULC until 2040 by using the Markov model, and identify the impact of LULC on urbanization.Two sce

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Identifying Where REDD+ Financially Out-Competes Oil Palm in Floodplain Landscapes Using a Fine-Scale Approach.

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) aims to avoid forest conversion to alternative land-uses through financial incentives.Oil-palm has high opportunity costs, which according to current literature questions the financial competitiveness of REDD+ in tropical lowlands.To understand this more, we undertook regional fin

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