Decentralized stormwater management approaches (e.g., biofiltration swales, pervious pavement, green roofs, rain gardens) that capture, detain, infiltrate, and filter runoff are now commonly used to minimize the impacts of stormwater runoff from impervious surfaces on aquatic ecosystems. However, there is little research on the effectiveness of retrofit, parcel-scale stormwater management pract...

We present the first global inventory of the spatial distribution and density ofconstructed impervious surface area (ISA). Examples of ISA include roads, parking lots,buildings, driveways, sidewalks and other manmade surfaces. While high spatialresolution is required to observe these features, the new product reports the estimateddensity of ISA on a one-km² grid based on two coarse resolution i...

The conversion of vegetation land cover contributes to the retention solar radiation in environment, resulting formation urban heat island. This study analyses distribution pattern island traditional core Ibadan amidst rapid urbanization experienced. remote sensing tool was used analyse trend surface temperature, normalized difference built-up index, and index for Ibadan's between year 2000 202...

Densely built-up areas are challenged by reduced biodiversity, high volumes of runoff water, evaporation, and heat accumulation. Such phenomena associated with imperviousness low, unsustainable utilisation land exterior building surfaces. Local authorities have multiple objectives when (re-)developing future-proof districts. Hence, exploiting local potentials to mitigate adverse anthropogenic e...

This article examines the use of multisensor data fusion for land classification in three Moroccan cities. The method employs a Random Forest algorithm based on multispectral, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), and derived surface temperature (LST) data. study compares proposed approach to existing datasets impervious surfaces (Global Artificial Impervious Area—GAIA, Global Human Settlement Layer—...

Estimation of impervious surface area is important to the study of urban environments and social development, but surface characteristics, as well as the temporal, spectral, and spatial resolutions of remote sensing images, influence the estimation accuracy. To investigate the effects of regional environmental characteristics on the estimation of impervious surface area, we divided China into s...

In this paper, we present surface urban heat island (SUHI) analysis of Shanghai (China) based on the change in land use and land cover using satellite Landsat images from 2002 to 2013. With the rapid development of urbanization, urban ecological and environmental issues have aroused widespread concern. The urban heat island (UHI) effect is a crucial problem, as its generation and evolution are ...

Accurately detecting urban expansion with remote sensing techniques is a challenge due to the complexity of urban landscapes. This paper explored methods for detecting urban expansion with multitemporal QuickBird images in Lucas do Rio Verde, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Different techniques, including image differencing, principal component analysis (PCA), and comparison of classified impervious surfa...