The urban air quality nexus: Assessing the interplay of land cover change and air pollution in emerging South Asian cities

M Saha, A Al Kafy, A Bakshi, H Nath, S Alsulamy… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Air quality degradation presents a significant public health challenge, particularly in rapidly
urbanizing regions where changes in land use/land cover (LULC) can dramatically influence …

Google earth engine for informal settlement map**: A random forest classification using spectral and textural information

D Matarira, O Mutanga, M Naidu - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Accurate and reliable informal settlement maps are fundamental decision-making tools for
planning, and for expediting informed management of cities. However, extraction of spatial …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-instrumental approach to slope failure monitoring in a landslide susceptible newly built-up area: Topo-Geodetic survey, UAV 3D modelling and ground …

P Sestras, Ș Bilașco, S Roșca, I Veres, N Ilies… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Slope failures and landslides cause economic damage and deaths worldwide. These losses
can be minimized by integrating different methodologies, instruments, and data monitoring …

GIS based soil erosion assessment using the USLE model for efficient land management: A case study in an area with diverse pedo-geomorphological and bioclimatic …

P Sestras, S Mircea, S Roșca… - Notulae …, 2023 - research-repository.griffith.edu.au
The complex environmental process of soil erosion is crucial to sustainable land
management and conservation. This study uses the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) …

Geodetic and UAV monitoring in the sustainable management of shallow landslides and erosion of a susceptible urban environment

P Sestras, Ș Bilașco, S Roșca, B Dudic, A Hysa… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Landslides are a worldwide occurring hazard that can produce economic impact and even
fatalities. The collection and monitoring of data regarding active landslides are important for …

An assessment of remotely sensed environmental variables on Dengue epidemiology in Central India

DK Sarma, M Kumar… - PLOS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
In recent decades, dengue has been expanding rapidly in the tropical cities. Even though
environmental factors and landscape features profoundly impact dengue vector abundance …

[HTML][HTML] A GIS-based spatial analysis model approach for identification of optimal hydrotechnical solutions for gully erosion stabilization. Case Study

Ș Bilașco, S Roșca, I Vescan, I Fodorean, V Dohotar… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The accentuated degradation of agricultural lands as a result of deep erosion processes is
the main problem identified in abandoned agricultural lands under the rainfall intensities …

Is the creative class a shock absorber against an economic recession? Spatial labour market resilience in Romania

A Maria Pavelea, A Pavel, B Neamţu, K Kourtit - Regional Studies, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The creative class has been argued to both hamper and support economic resilience. As
such, we propose a new framework on the significance of the creative class for local …

A Geospatial Approach to Map** and Monitoring Real Estate-Induced Urban Expansion in the National Capital Region of Delhi

MW Naikoo, Shahfahad, S Talukdar, M Rihan… - PFG–Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Monitoring of real estate growth is essential with the increasing demand for housing and
working space in cities. In this study, a new methodological framework is proposed to map …

[HTML][HTML] Methodological and on-site applied construction layout plan with batter boards stake-out methods comparison: A case study of Romania

P Sestras - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The layout or stake-out is one of the most important assignments of the surveying engineer,
and it is of vital importance in the building process, as the designed geometries of the …