Watershed assessment along a segment of the Rio Conchos in Northern Mexico using satellite images

Gutiérrez, Mélida; Johnson, Elias; Mickus, Kevin L.

doi:10.1016/s0140-1963(03)00060-0

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“…Whereas a number of research projects have been carried out at the national level, there are relatively few examples of consistent and frequent remote sensing analysis of land‐cover patterns along the US–Mexico border (Gutierrez et al 2004). Remote sensing of the US–Mexico border was, however, the focus of the November 1998 issue of the journal Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing .…”

Section: Chihuahua's Forest Resourcesmentioning

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Observing Forest Change to Enhance Border Sustainability in Chihuahua, Mexico

Currit¹

2009

Geography Compass

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The US–Mexico border is a place of great social and economic contrasts. Environmental systems straddle the border without regard for social or economic differences, and degradation is rarely confined to a single side of the border. Of major concern to the border region is the quantity and quality of water resources in the Rio Grande and its tributaries. The forests of the Sierra Madre Occidental in Chihuahua State are the source of much of this water and are an ideal place to study the impact of distant border influences, and this article examines remote sensing applications of Chihuahua's forest resources. Efforts to map Mexico's land‐cover are reviewed, and specific examples relating to Chihuahua are provided. Forest fire analysis at the national level is discussed, and opportunities for applying remotely sensed data and analysis to Chihuahua are identified. These include (i) long‐term monitoring of Chihuahua's forests; (ii) the estimation of biophysical forest parameters; and (iii) assessment of pre‐fire, active fire, and post‐fire forest characteristics and burn severity. Remote sensing of Chihuahua's forests will facilitate studies of downstream water quantity and quality and point to management practices that will create a sustainable border environment.

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Section: Chihuahua's Forest Resourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Observing Forest Change to Enhance Border Sustainability in Chihuahua, Mexico

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2009

Geography Compass

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“…[28,29]; (2) the results of human activities that influence the riparian change [30,31]; (3) the analyses of interaction relationship among riparian vegetation, land use, water body and ecological elements etc. [32,33]; (4) the studies on the limitation and special demands in mapping the riverine landscapes [34][35][36][37][38] determining the optimal width and the validity of riparian vegetation buffer zones [39,40,36,41].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Urban Rivers: A Landscape Ecological Perspective

2012

Hydrol Current Res

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Urban rivers are important physical elements and important ecological corridors. They not only play important ecological roles but also supply bases of stability, comfort, and sustainability in urban development. Due to the complex interaction between inner and outer elements of urban river landscapes, it is necessary to use the theory of landscape ecology to analyze the pattern, function, context, fragmentation and temporal change of urban river landscapes with appropriate scale. It will support the management and sustainable development of urban rivers. The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the urban river landscapes from landscape ecological perspective. This paper firstly reviews the relevant studies in urban river landscapes, and then it carries out the research on the pattern of river corridors and river networks and the service functions. Next, it probes into the river landscape dynamic change at pattern and function aspects and the scale of relative study. Specially, because urban rivers are widely influenced by human activities, so this paper analyzes the disturbance of urban rivers further. This paper has proposed a basal framework for the research on urban rivers by the use of fundamental topics including pattern, function and dynamic change and so on in landscape ecology. It will play a directive role to understand urban rivers, resolve the water environment problems and to realize the sustainable development of urban river resources.

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“…LANDSAT data are widely used in many landcover studies (i.e. Muller, 1997;Narumalani et al, 1997;Scott et al, 2000;Nagler et al, 2001;Apan et al, 2002;Congalton et al, 2002;Zhao et al, 2003;Gutié rrez et al, 2004;Miltner et al, 2004;Shupe and Marsh, 2004;Ingram et al, 2005;Muukkonen and Heiskanen, 2005;Sivanpillai et al, 2005;Yang, 2007). We chose the LANDSAT images for the derivation of vegetation indices in this study due to the many advantages including the availability, the consistency, the accuracy, the spatial and temporal resolutions, and the ability of manipulate of the data.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%