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A remote sensing based monitoring system for discrimination between climate and human-induced vegetation change in Central Asia

Propastin, P. A.
Kappas, M.
Muratova, N. R.
Journal: Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal; 195; 2008; p. 579 - 596
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/14777830810894256
Propastin, P. A.; Kappas, M.; Muratova, N. R., 2008: A remote sensing based monitoring system for discrimination between climate and human-induced vegetation change in Central Asia. In: Propastin, P.A.; Kappas, M.; Muratova, N.R. (2008): A remote sensing based monitoring system for discrimination between climate and human-induced vegetation change in Central Asia, 579 - 596, DOI 10.1108/14777830810894256.
 
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Purpose – This paper aims to demonstrate the importance of taking into account precipitation and the vegetation response to it when trying to analyse changes of vegetation cover in drylands with high inter-annual rainfall variability. Design/methodology/approach – Linear regression models were used to determine trends in NDVI and precipitation and their interrelations for each pixel. Trends in NDVI that were entirely supported by precipitation trends were considered to impose climate-induced vegetation change. Trends in NDVI that were not explained by trends in precipitation were considered to mark human-induced vegetation change. Modelling results were validated by test of statistical significance and by comparison with the data from higher resolution satellites and fieldtrips to key test sites. Findings – More than 26 percent of all vegetated area in Central Asia experienced significant changes during 1981-2000. Rainfall has been proved to enforce most of these changes (21 percent of the entire vegetated area). The trends in vegetation activity driven by anthropogenic factor are much scarcer and occupy about 5.75 percent of the studied area. Practical implications – Planners, decision makers and other interest groups can use the findings of the study for assessment and monitoring land performance/land degradation over dry regions. Originality/value – The study demonstrates the importance of taking into account precipitation and the vegetation response to it when trying to analyse changes of vegetation cover in drylands with high inter-annual rainfall variability.
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