MAPPING LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGES IN A REGION OF SUGARCANE EXPANSION USING TM AND MODIS DATA

• Published in: Revista brasileira de cartografia Vol. 66; no. 2
• Main Authors: Alves, Claudia Durand, Florenzano, Teresa Gallotti, Alves, Diógenes Salas, Pereira, Madalena Niero
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal de Uberlândia 01.06.2014

Land use/cover change (LUCC) is a cross-disciplinary research field in which remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) techniques have played an important role. Sugarcane expansion - a major LUCC process in Brazil - has been monitored by INPE's CANASAT project since 2003 (http://w...