Assessing land use of lower Mekong basin using multi-temporal MODIS imagery
Poster
Paper/Presentation Title | Assessing land use of lower Mekong basin using multi-temporal MODIS imagery |
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Presentation Type | Poster |
Authors | Perera, Kithsiri (Author), Herath, Srikantha (Author) and Tateishi, Ryutaro (Author) |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 57th Autumn Conference of the Remote Sensing Society of Japan (RSSJ 2014) |
Number of Pages | 2 |
Year | 2014 |
Place of Publication | Tokyo, Japan |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.rssj.or.jp |
Conference/Event | 57th Autumn Conference of the Remote Sensing Society of Japan (RSSJ 2014) |
Event Details | 57th Autumn Conference of the Remote Sensing Society of Japan (RSSJ 2014) Event Date 06 to end of 07 Nov 2014 Event Location Kyoto, Japan |
Abstract | Among rice producing regions of the world, Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) can be ranked as the most important region due to the huge population it feeds. About 60 million people are engaged in agriculture and freshwater fishing activates in LMB where produce enough food for over 300 million people annually. Food consumption in LMB is also increasing and studies have found it to be doubled by 2050. This socio-economic background has attracted many researchers to work on various aspects of the LMB. To collaborate with these research interests, the present study is designed to assess the land use conditions of the massive LMB, using multitemporal MODIS imagery. The authors have previously produced the land cover map of LMB in 2005 (edited in 2008) using MODIS data at 250m spatial resolution. The present land use assessment will be used the old map and a new map produced in 2014 using the same land cover classification. The investigation on land use conditions is based on the trends on land cover changes, with a focus on food production aspects of the basin, in order to supply a GIS database for food production assessment studies. Annual devastating floods in south and frequent droughts in central regions are also counted in the assessment. The expected results of the study will be GIS data layers of the basin in raster format comprising old and new land cover data, natural disaster hotspots, together with an assessment of the land use. |
Keywords | Lower Mekong Basin; land cover maps; land use assessment; rice cultivation; food production |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 401304. Photogrammetry and remote sensing |
410404. Environmental management | |
460306. Image processing | |
Public Notes | This publication is copyright. It may be reproduced in whole or in part for the purposes of study, research, or review, but is subject to the inclusion of an acknowledgment of the source. |
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/q2z1z/assessing-land-use-of-lower-mekong-basin-using-multi-temporal-modis-imagery
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