{"id":599,"date":"2023-01-12T13:16:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T18:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels-draft\/?page_id=599"},"modified":"2023-01-12T14:14:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T19:14:43","slug":"remote-sensing-and-mapping","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/bes\/environmental-and-earth-sciences\/research-2\/remote-sensing-and-mapping\/","title":{"rendered":"Remote sensing and mapping"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biological and Environmental Sciences<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Environmental and Earth Sciences<\/h2>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"eves\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-eves\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-539\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-539\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/bes\/evolution-and-marine-biology\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-584\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-584\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/bes\/environmental-and-earth-sciences\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-603\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-603\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/bes\/environmental-and-earth-sciences\/research-2\/\">Research<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-629\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-629\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/bes\/environmental-and-earth-sciences\/affiliated-faculty\/\">Affiliated faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Remote sensing and mapping<\/h2>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero  \"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Remote.jpg);background-position:51% 41%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p><strong>Land Use and Landscape dynamics:<\/strong>&nbsp;Of particular interest are the assessment and modeling of the dynamics of landscape and land-cover\/land-use change, and the effects of such changes on environments, ecosystems and natural resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GIS Mapping and Analysis:<\/strong>&nbsp;Geographic Information System (GIS) techniques and models are used to investigate habitat mosaics, design conservation networks to protect biodiversity, integrate GIS data and satellite imagery, and assess relationships between geomorphology and biological diversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Research projects have supported scientific studies in various regions of the United States, in East and West Africa, locally in Rhode Island, the western Pacific, East Coast of North America, tectonic North America and in various regions in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Faculty:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/yq-wang\/\">Wang<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/brian-savage\/\">Savage<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/?p=271\">Pradhanang<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/dawn-cardace\/\">Dawn Cardace<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">EVES Specialization Group Coordinator, Associate Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Geosciences<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.9384<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:cardace@uri.edu\">cardace@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\n\n<a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/bes\/\" title=\"\">BES Main<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remote sensing and mapping Land Use and Landscape dynamics:&nbsp;Of particular interest are the assessment and modeling of the dynamics of landscape and land-cover\/land-use change, and the effects of such changes on environments, ecosystems and natural resources. 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