From global to regional scale: Remote sensing-based concepts and methods for mapping land-cover and land-cover change in tropical regions

Abstract

A great number of studies have been dealing with land-cover mapping of tropical regions using earth remote sensing technology recently. This is partly due to a growing number of operational sensor systems for both scientific and commercial use and also because of an increasing demand for land-cover information relevant to global environmental issues and international policy instruments (e.g. the Kyoto protocol)...