Grassland ecosystems cover around 40% of the entire Earth’s surface. Therefore, it is necessary to guarantee good grassland management at field scale in order improve its conservation and achieve optimal growth. This study identified most appropriate statistical strategy, between partial least squares regression (PLSR) narrow vegetation indices, for estimating structural biochemical traits from UAV-acquired hyperspectral images. Moreover, influence fertilizers on plant grasslands was...

Remote sensing has been recognized as the main technique to extract land cover/land use (LC/LU) data, required address many environmental issues. Therefore, over years, approaches have introduced and explored optimize resultant classification maps. Particularly, index-based methods highlighted its efficiency effectiveness in detecting LC/LU a multitemporal multisensors analysis perspective. Nevertheless, developed indices are suitable specific class but not completely classify whole area. In...

Historical maps are effective sources of geographical information and useful for historical territorial research. In this study, the examination landscape dynamics on basis over a period more than 200 years was conducted. The study area is Sorrento peninsula part near Sarno river basin in South Italy. This provides general framework assessment overall quality accuracy maps. application methodology used specific case can contribute to better understanding long term. derived knowledge be...

A proper classification of 3D point clouds allows fully exploiting data potentiality in assessing and preserving cultural heritage. Point cloud workflow is commonly based on the selection extraction respective geometric features. Although several research activities have investigated impact features outcomes accuracy, only a few works focused their accuracy reliability. This paper investigates through statistical analysis corresponding eigenvalues covariance with aim effectiveness for...

The accumulation of heavy metals in agricultural soils is a serious environmental problem. Campania region southern Italy has higher levels cancer risk, presumably due to the geogenic and anthropogenic soil pollutants, some which have been incorporated into organic matter. aim this study was introduce test an innovative, field-applicable methodology detect metal using drone-based photogrammetry microrill network modelling, specifically generate wetlands prediction indices normally applied at...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the capability hybrid poplar (Populus deltoides × Populus nigra) reduce cadmium (Cd) concentrations in an experimental site Campania Region (southern Italy) subjected illegal deposit industrial and household waste. We propose efficiency for Cd phytoextraction by coupling use a process-based, distributed hydrological model (HydroGeoSphere, HGS) with photogrammetric images acquired Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). This scenario-based approach exploits...

Timely and accurate maps of land cover changes are crucial for understanding the evolution Earth's features and, consequently, relationships between individual collective needs. Therefore, this information is extremely important to develop future planning strategies tackle environmental issues. This paper aims exploit use Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform examine over a period about fiftheen years in pilot site Siponto, an historical municipality Puglia, Southern Italy. Six atmospherically...

The Italian coastline stretches over about 8350 km, with 3600 km of beaches, representing a significant resource for the country. Natural processes and anthropic interventions keep threatening its morphology, moulding shape triggering soil erosion phenomena. Thus, many scholars have been focusing their work on investigating monitoring shoreline instability. Outcomes such activities can be largely widespread shared expert non-expert users through Web mapping. This paper describes performances...

The phenomenon of the abandonment terraced landscapes compromises environmental well-being and is a preamble to hydrological instability and, consequently, collapse terrace retaining walls, soil erosion, loss agricultural lands. These problems will escalate in coming years because climate change (CC), especially areas which rise rainfall events expected, such as coastline Campania region, exposed extreme events. This study identifies landscape management guideline for Crapolla Fiord on...

Remotely piloted aerial systems (RPAS) have been recognized as an effective low-cost tool to acquire photogrammetric data of low accessible areas reducing collection and processing time. Data techniques like structure from motion (SfM) multiview stereo (MVS) techniques, can nowadays provide detailed 3D models with accuracy comparable the one generated by other conventional approaches. Accuracy RPAS-based measures is strongly dependent on type adopted sensors. Nevertheless, up now, no...

Coastal areas have been gradually modified by humans to face emerging social needs. This phenomenon can be traced in the Amalfi Coast (Southern Italy) through presence of terraces, constructed make its steep slope habitable and arable. The current research is aimed investigate anthropisation process Minori, identify most vulnerable where debris flows. Two photogrammetric datasets, acquired 1956 2017, respectively, were processed generate two fine resolution digital elevation models...

The Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon can be harmful during the summer season jeopardizing safety of some vulnerable population classes. Typically, study UHI requires long data acquisitions using weather stations widely distributed within cities. To this aim, recent research proposed multicriteria approaches aimed at quantifying hazard absolute maximum Intensity (UHII), in urban districts. On contrary, these are time consuming and involve a large number parameters. This article proposes...

The long-standing awareness of the environmental impact land-use change (LUC) has led scientific community to develop tools able predict their amount and evaluate effect on environment, with aim supporting policy makers in planning activities. This paper proposes an implementation Dyna-CLUE (Dynamic Conversion Land Use its Effects) model applied Litorale Domizio-Agro Aversano, area Campania region, which needs interventions for remediation. Future land use changes were simulated two...

Coastal soil erosion can be recognized as the most alarming environmental issue since, causing shoreline retreat, reduces area available for plant habitat survival, highly influencing their health status, and, consequently, limiting ability in beach front properties protection. A deep knowledge of vegetation changes is required to identify proper strategy adopted face problems coastal areas. Therefore, current paper aimed quantitatively examine spatio-temporal suffered by coastline Siponto...

Campania region is undergoing a new and important land use change (LUC). Large areas under tobacco are experiencing severe economic crisis cereal areas, especially in the hill, cultivated with increasing difficulty, poor results (yield value of 2.5 t/ha/year) risk erosion. No-food crops suitable these contexts perennial this case, would certainly lead to positive impact on reducing erosion, but also reduction nutrient requirement, fuel consumption perhaps it an increase profitability. The...

Campania region is undergoing a new and important land use change (LUC). Large areas under tobacco are experiencing severe economic crisis cereal areas, especially in the hill, cultivated with increasing difficulty, poor results (yield value of 2.5 t/ha/year) risk erosion. No-food crops suitable these contexts perennial this case, would certainly lead to positive impact on reducing erosion, but also reduction nutrient requirement, fuel consumption perhaps it an increase profitability. The...

Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) represent the geospatial dataset core needed to model 3D changes.The optimal must be selected according environmental phenomenon under investigation as offered resolution strongly affects information level.Nonetheless, high-resolution DEMs are not available for whole Earth and, when at disposal, open-source, medium-resolution, global may a relevant source of knowledge.Because large amount data and vertical accuracy inhomogeneity, their applicability in...