Hill areas have gained considerable attention in recent years because of continuously increasing demand for infrastructure facilities. Spatial planning of infrastructure facilities is a challenging task in hill areas because of topographical variations, ecological sensitivity, and extreme...

Hill areas have gained considerable attention in recent years because of continuously increasing demand for infrastructure facilities. Spatial planning of infrastructure facilities is a challenging task in hill areas because of topographical variations, ecological sensitivity, and extreme...

Napier grass is a promising energy crop owing to its advantages over other energy crops; however, when determining sites for the power plants utilizing Napier grass as a feedstock, relevant data are required. The spatial distribution of the Napier grass dry matter yield (DMY) is among these...

High-precision land-cover-land-use GIS mapping was performed in four major townships in Maine’s Aroostook River Valley, using on-screen digitization and direct interpretation of very high spatial resolution satellite multispectral imagery (15–60 cm) and high spatial resolution LiDAR data (2...

Land degradation is recognized as one of the major threats to the buffer zones of protected areas (PAs) in Vietnam. In particular, the expansion of land degradation into the PAs is exerting pressure on biodiversity conservation efforts. This degradation is partially the result of mismanagement:...

Communities are constantly in competition with one another to attract businesses. New and better ways to market a community constantly go through experimentation. One tool that has come to the forefront is the use of a geographic information system (GIS). Lately, more and more communities are...