RT Journal Article
T1 From Land Cover to Land Use: A Methodology to Assess Land Use from Remote Sensing Data
A1 Martínez Sánchez, Susana
A1 Mollicone, Danilo
K1 Land cover
K1 Land use
K1 Key land element
K1 Remote sensing
K1 UNFCCC
AB The “land use” concept has evolved during recent decades and it is now considered as the socioeconomic function of land. Land use representation and land use change assessment through remote sensing still remains one of the major challenges for the remote sensing scientific community. In this paper we present a methodological approach based on remote sensing techniques to assess land use in accordance with the requirements of the United Nations Framework Climate Change Convention, UNFCCC (1995). The methodology is based mainly on the recognition of the land key elements and their function and on the adoption of the “predominant land use” criteria in the classification scheme settled by rules. The concept that underpins these rules is that the land use function of land can be expressed through hierarchical relationships among key land elements, and that these functional relationships are based on thresholds reflecting the relevance and predominance of key land elements in the observed area. When analyses are supported by high (10–30 m) or very high ( < 10 m) spatial resolution remote sensing data, the methodology provides a systematic approach for the representation of land use that is consistent with the concepts and methodologies developed by the International Panel on Climate Change(IPCC) to fulfill UNFCCC commitments. In particular, data with high and very high spatial resolution provide good results, with overall accuracies above 87% in the identification of key land elements that characterize land use classes. The methodology could be used to assess land use in any context (e.g., for any land use category or in any country and region) as it is based on the definition of user/project rules that should be tailored on the land use function of any territory.
PB MDPI
YR 2012
FD 2012
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23051
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23051
LA eng
NO Martínez, S.; Mollicone, D. From Land Cover to Land Use: A Methodology to Assess Land Use from Remote Sensing Data. Remote Sens. 2012, 4, 1024-1045
NO The Autonomous Region of Galicia (Spain) has financed Susana Martínez for this study through the Research Program PGIDT-INCITE-Xunta de Galicia
DS Minerva
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