Mapping Mekong River Basin land cover to support food production
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Paper/Presentation Title | Mapping Mekong River Basin land cover to support food production |
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Presentation Type | Presentation |
Authors | Perera, Kithsiri (Author), Herath, Srikantha (Author) and Tateishi, Ryutaro (Author) |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Conference of Japan Society of Remote Sensing 2013 |
Number of Pages | 2 |
Year | 2013 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.rssj.or.jp/gakujyutukouenkai/55th/55Announce_130822E.pdf |
Conference/Event | 55th Autumn Conference of the Remote Sensing Society of Japan |
Event Details | 55th Autumn Conference of the Remote Sensing Society of Japan Event Date 21 to end of 22 Nov 2013 Event Location Fukushima, Japan |
Abstract | The Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) where rice cultivation is dominant is one of the very important agro-based regions of the world. Over 60 million people are extensively engage in agriculture and freshwater fishing activates in LMB. But, due to the population increase, heavy commercialization of rice crop, environmental degradation of the river basin, and floods and drought, food production of LMB is facing a threat which even affects the global market. If these risk factors are spatially mapped, a GIS, based on detail land cover mapping can be used to estimate potential risks in food production. This study initially investigates the value of the detailed land cover data of LMB in assessing fluctuations in food production. |
Keywords | ower Mekong Basin, land cover map, rice cultivation, food production |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 410406. Natural resource management |
Public Notes | This paper was orally presented to the autumn conference of Japan Society of Remote Sensing, in Fukushima, Japan. Page number was limited to 2, to avoid extra payments for printing. No indication of copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Australian Centre for Sustainable Catchments |
United Nations University, Japan | |
Chiba University, Japan | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q25xq/mapping-mekong-river-basin-land-cover-to-support-food-production
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