Monitoring Land Use/Land Cover Change (LULCC) Using Remote Sensing

Abstract

Land use/land cover change (LULCC) is crucial for social and economic systems. For detecting LULCC, remote sensing technology has become crucial. This paper illustrated the use of remote sensing to monitor LULCC, with particular emphasis on urban planning and the ecological environment which is currently in the news, and the limitations of remote sensing. Remote sensing performs well in urban land cover change, urban growth analysis and urban heat island monitoring, giving these areas a effective way to solve problems. In ecological environment monitoring, it develops some new methods combined with computer science in vegetation monitoring. Meanwhile, more and more researchers focus on the wetland monitoring and ecosystem service evaluation. Remote sensing is anticipated to support the monitoring and study of LULCC in the future. This paper provides an overview of current study and developments in the application of remote sensing to track LULCC.