Long-term spatial distribution of vegetation and sand movement following the commencement of landscape conservation activities to curb grassland encroachment at the Tottori Sand Dunes natural monument

San’in Kaigan Geopark is recognized as a United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Global Geopark, and the Tottori Sand Dunes in the park are designated as a Natural Monument of Japan. In 1900, the area that constitutes the Tottori Sand Dunes was part of a vast coastal...

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Published in:International journal of remote sensing 2020-04, Vol.41 (8), p.3070-3094
Main Authors: Takayama, Naru, Kimura, Reiji, Liu, Jiaqi, Moriyama, Masao
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerial photography
Aerial surveys
Area
basins
coasts
Conservation
Distribution
Dunes
Encroachment
Grasslands
International organizations
Japan
Land surveys
Landscape
landscape management
Landscape preservation
monuments
Organizations
Plant cover
remote sensing
Sand
Satellite data
Sedimentation
Slopes
Spatial analysis
Spatial distribution
Surveying
surveys
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Vegetation
Vegetation cover
Windbreaks
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