LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGES, A CASE STUDY FROM NORTHWESTERN UPLANDS OF CAMBODIA

LULC Classification

The last 40 years were divided into 6 different time series to illustrate the significant changes in time and space. Based on the results of supervised of remote sensing[1] data from Landsat[2] imageries, there are 9 classes of land cover[3] identified as following:

Click on the graphic to enlarge it

ComplementLandsat image gallery

The Landsat satellite record stretches from 1972 to the present. This gallery includes all Landsat images published on the Earth Observatory, Visible Earth, and Landsat Science web sites from all seven Landsat satellites (Landsats 1-8, Landsat 6 failed to achieve orbit). All of the images are in the public domain and may be used with attribution.

https://landsat.visibleearth.nasa.gov/

  1. Remote sensing

    Remote sensing is the action of collecting images or other forms of data about the surface of the Earth, from measurements made at some distance above the Earth, processing these data and analyzing them.

    http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/node/9483

  2. Landsat

    Any of various satellites used to gather data for images of the Earth's land surface and coastal regions. These satellites are equipped with sensors that respond to Earth-reflected sunlight and infrared radiation. The first Landsat satellite was launched in 1972. Currently, the seventh satellite (Landsat 7) is orbiting Earth.

  3. Land cover

    The term originally referred to the type of vegetation that covered the land surface, but has broadened subsequently to include human structures, such as buildings or pavement, and other aspects of the physical environment, such as soils, biodiversity, and surfaces and groundwater" (Moser, 1996).

PreviousPreviousNextNext
HomepageHomepagePrintPrintCreated with Scenari (new window)