Analysis of the state of vegetation in the municipality of Jagodina (Serbia) through remote sensing and suggestions for protection

Abstract

Both environmental control and appropriate measurement results present basis for the quality protection of geospatial elements. Providing environmental monitoring activities and creating control network is the obligation of each state, whereas local communities provide observation and control of air quality, water quality, waste quality, soil quality, vegetation and land cover control, etc. This has been the reason for the analysis of vegetation of the municipality of Jagodina in Serbia. By processing satellite images, data on the sources of pollution and polluting materials of the vegetation have been discovered. These include spot (stationary), linear (mobile and stationary) and surface (stationary and mobile) sources. While processing satellite images by the Idrisi software, we have acquired results that indicate certain vegetation modifications (images obtained through infrared spectral imaging). Results obtained through remote sensing indicate the necessity to define adequate vegetation monitoring, to complete a register of pollutants, to set up information system and define ways of data presentation in order to manage a single, complete register of environmental pollutants in the municipality of Jagodina.

Analysis of vegetation from satellite images correlated to the bird species presence and the state of health of the ecosystems of Bucharest during the period from 1991 to 2006

“…Accurate remote sensing techniques have been widely used in locating and mapping urban vegetation: Light Detection And Ranging -LiDAR (Holmgren, et al, 2008;Kim, Muller, 2011;Bellakaou, et al, 2016;Dogon-Yaro, et al, 2016;Näsi, et al, 2016;Scaunas, Merciu, 2016), satellite imagery (Bino, et al, 2008;Mcfarland, et al, 2012;Mészáros, et al, 2014;Jovanović, et al, 2015;Agrawal, et al, 2016;Burchfield, et al, 2016;Milanović, et al, 2016).…”

“…Remote sensing techniques present several advantages: speed of the measurements, efficiency, high resolution of the recording, acquisition of an important number of data in a digital archive, integration of all information from a certain area, an important tool for monitoring environmental conditions facilitating investigation and intervention, 3D images of a certain area, the support of collecting a set of relevant data and their integration into an easily accessible system for public use, and environmental control and management (Mcfarland, et al, 2012;Jovanović, et al, 2015;Milanović, et al, 2016).…”

Application of Landsat-Derived Ndvi in Monitoring and Assessment of Vegetation Cover Changes in Central Serbia

“…The municipality of Jagodina (470 km 2 ) is situated in the basin of the Belica River in the Pomoravlje region of Central Serbia. With an average elevation of 116 m, Jagodina is the municipality with the lowest topography (Milanović et al, 2016). Kuršumlija Municipality is located in the south of Central Serbia at the administrative border of Kosovo and Metohija and occupies 952 km 2 .…”

“…A great advantage of the NDVI method is that it could be performed very quickly and efficiently. In this way, NDVI can provide local forest managers with detailed and essential annual information regarding the forest inventory (Bellone et al, 2009;Fensholt et al, 2009;Martinez & Gilabert, 2009;Alessandrini et al, 2010;Corral-Rivas et al, 2010;Jovanović & Milanović, 2015;Milanović et al, 2016;Jovanović et al, 2018). This is also of crucial importance for preventing incorrect land use, negative anthropogenic impact, and the improvement of the methodology used for official statistical estimates.…”

“…Remote sensing has a wide range of applications in agriculture and forestry: from monitoring seasonal changes to observing the development level of crops, monitoring plant diseases, analysis of the state of vegetation, floods, forest fires, classification of crops, air and water pollution (Milanović et al, 2016;2017).…”