Advances in monitoring vegetation and land use dynamics in the Sahel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9849464 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cheikh Mbow (0000-0003-4620-4490, World Agroforestry Centre, corresponding author), Rasmus Fensholt (0000-0003-3067-4527, University of Copenhagen), Thomas Theis Nielsen (0000-0002-8134-3456, Roskilde University), Kjeld Rasmussen (0000-0003-3111-584X, Geocenter Denmark) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 114 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 84-91 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7223 • E-ISSN: 1903-2471 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00167223.2014.886515 |
| OpenAlex | W2161523588 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 69 |
Vegetation dynamics of the West African Sahel has attracted great scientific interest over the last 40 years because of the dramatic inter-decadal variability observed in the resource base of the region directly impacting on the livelihoods of the West African population. From farmers to pastoralists, agro-pastoralists and forest-users, all depend on the availability of vegetation resources and are affected by fluctuations in the available vegetation resource. Vegetation dynamics are controlled by both natural and human factors, including climate change and variability, increased concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere, grazing pressure, bush fires and agricultural expansion or contraction. The use of satellite data in combination with field data played a major role in the monitoring of vegetation dynamics and land use in the Sahel, since the mega drought of the 1970s and the 1980s. This paper briefly reviews the advance of satellite-based monitoring of vegetation dynamics over these 40 years. We discuss the promises of current and likely future data sources and analysis tools, as well as the need to strengthen in situ data collection to support and validate satellite-based vegetation and land use monitoring and modelling
Agriculture · Agroforestry · Climate change · Environmental resource management · Geography · Land use · Livelihood · Livestock · Pastoralism · Physical geography · Population · Resource (disambiguation · Vegetation (pathology · African Botany and Ecology Studies · Animal Diversity and Health Studies · Ecology · Environmental Science · Forestry · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
Spatial and transient modelling of land use/land cover (Lulc) dynamics in a Sahelian landscape under semi-arid climate in northern Burkina Faso
Special issue dedicated to Professor Anette Reenberg
Local Ecological Knowledge Indicates Pathways Towards Equitable and Sustainable Management of the Sudano-Guinean Savanna
Detecting trend and seasonal changes in satellite image time series
A unifying view of climate change in the Sahel linking intra-seasonal, interannual and longer time scales
Mapping of soil organic carbon stocks for spatially explicit assessments of climate change mitigation potential
Can a 25-year trend in Soudano-Sahelian vegetation dynamics be interpreted in terms of land use change? A remote sensing approach
Recent trends in vegetation dynamics in the African Sahel and their relationship to climate
Scenarios of land-use change in Sudano-sahelian countries of Africa to better understand driving forces
Remote sensing techniques for flood monitoring in the Senegal River Valley
The fire regime of Senegal and its determinants
Savanna Fires in East-Central Senegal
Methodological Reflections on the Use of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Science in Human Ecological Research
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2014 - 2023 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |