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Changes In The Extent And Distribution Of Urban Land Cover In The Democratic People's Republic Of Korea (North Korea) Between 1987 And 2010, Sangjun Kang, Jinmu Choi, Hyejin Yoon, Woonsup Choi
Changes In The Extent And Distribution Of Urban Land Cover In The Democratic People's Republic Of Korea (North Korea) Between 1987 And 2010, Sangjun Kang, Jinmu Choi, Hyejin Yoon, Woonsup Choi
Geography Faculty Articles
Largely due to data unavailability, the spatial pattern of urban growth in North Korea has been rarely studied. This study explored urban changes in North Korea and provided their plausible causes. The present study used satellite-based land cover datasets produced by the government of South Korea to examine the extent and distribution of urban land cover in North Korea between the late 1980s (1987-1989) and late 2000s (2008-2010) at the municipal level. Urban Expansion Intensity Index (UEII) was calculated for two ten-year intervals and the spatial autocorrelation of UEII values was examined. Major findings from the study are summarized as …
Characteristics Of Deforestation In The Democratic People’S Republic Of Korea (North Korea) Between The 1980s And 2000s, Woonsup Choi, Sangjun Kang, Jinmu Choi, Joseph James Larsen, Chungweon Oh
Characteristics Of Deforestation In The Democratic People’S Republic Of Korea (North Korea) Between The 1980s And 2000s, Woonsup Choi, Sangjun Kang, Jinmu Choi, Joseph James Larsen, Chungweon Oh
Geography Faculty Articles
There has been a significant lack of land cover change studies in relation to deforestation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea). The purpose of this study is to characterise deforestation in North Korea through land cover change trajectory and spatial analysis. We used three 30-m gridded land cover data sets for North Korea representing the conditions of the late 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, respectively, as well as a digital elevation model. We examined the land cover trajectories during the two decades, i.e. which land cover became which at the pixel level. In addition, we calculated topographic characteristics …
Forest Cover Changes In North Korea Since The 1980s, Sangjun Kang, Woonsup Choi
Forest Cover Changes In North Korea Since The 1980s, Sangjun Kang, Woonsup Choi
Geography Faculty Articles
North Korea used to have abundant forest stocks but underwent substantial deforestation and degradation of forest in recent decades. This study examined morphological changes of forest cover in North Korea between the 1980s and 2000s. Land cover data based on Landsat TM imagery were obtained as images from the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Environment. The images were processed and used for the Morphological Spatial Pattern Analysis and network analysis. MSPA classified the forest cover into morphological classes such as core, islet, bridge, perforation, edge, loop, and branch. The network analysis identified individual networks of forest, each of which represents …