Regional Land Cover Monitoring System for Hindu Kush Himalaya
Kabir Uddin, Mir A. Matin, Nishanta Khanal, Sajana Maharjan, Birendra Bajracharya, Karis Tenneson, Ate Poortinga, Nguyen Hanh Quyen, Raja Ram Aryal, David Saah, W. L. Ellenburg, Peter Potapov, Africa I. Flores-Anderson, Farrukh Chishtie, K. S. Aung, Timothy Mayer, Sudip Pradhan, Amanda Markert
Abstract
Abstract The land cover across the HKH region is changing at an accelerated rate due to the rapid economic growth and population pressures that are impacting the long-term sustainability of ecosystems.
Topics & Concepts
Land coverCover (algebra)GeographySustainabilityEcosystemLand useTerm (time)PopulationPhysical geographyEnvironmental scienceEnvironmental resource managementEcologyEngineeringBiologyDemographyPhysicsSociologyQuantum mechanicsMechanical engineeringRemote Sensing in AgricultureRemote Sensing and Land UseRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology