Evaluation of Coastline Changes under Human Intervention Using Multi-Temporal High-Resolution Images: A Case Study of the Zhoushan Islands, China

Evaluation of Coastline Changes under Human Intervention Using Multi-Temporal High-Resolution Images: A Case Study of the Zhoushan Islands, China

Continued sea-level rise and coastal development have led to considerable concerns on coastline changes along inhabited islands. Analysis of long-term coastline changes of islands is however limited due to unavailable data and the cost of field work. In this study, high-resolution images taken f...

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Main Authors: Xiaoping Zhang, Delu Pan, Jianyu Chen, Jianhua Zhao, Qiankun Zhu, Haiqing Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-10-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
coastline change
island
remote sensing
land reclamation
geographic information systems
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/6/10/9930

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