Spatially consistent and up-to-date maps of human settlements are crucial for addressing
policies related to urbanization and sustainability, especially in the era of an increasingly …

Obtaining accurate, precise and timely spatial information on the distribution and dynamics
of urban green space is crucial in understanding livability of the cities and urban dwellers …

Abstract The Cerrado biome in Brazil is characterized by a mosaic of vegetation types
similar to African savanna and has one of the highest levels of biodiversity in the world …

In today's world, satellite images are being utilized for the identification of built-up area,
urban planning, disaster management, insurance & tax assessment in an area, and many …

Abstract The Kingdom of Bahrain has experienced accelerated development growth since
the 1980s. These rapid land demands increased the pressure on the country area to rebuild …

This paper proposes a novel domain adaptation algorithm to handle the challenges posed
by the satellite and aerial imagery, and demonstrates its effectiveness on the built-up region …

The buildings in the rural areas of Morocco exist in various shapes and sizes. They are
randomly distributed and are generally constructed of primary materials such as clay, wood …

Monitoring the spatiotemporal dynamics of building footprints (BF) is necessary for
understanding urbanization growth. It is a difficult task to extract residential sites, mainly BF …

Urban areas are continuously expanding, against the background of accelerating
urbanization, while their correct detection might be useful in a wide range of applications in …

The aim of this study is to investigate the potential of the Sentinel-2 satellite for land use and
land cover (LULC) map**. The commonly known supervised classification algorithms …