Assessment of Aboveground Biomass-Vegetation Storage in Urban Centres Using Remote Sensing Technology

Víctor Hugo González Jaramillo, María Zapata

2022

Abstract

Urban centres have grown rapidly, expanding into areas that were previously used for agriculture or were occupied by natural vegetation such as forests. The development of human and productive activities has increased environmental degradation and pollution through greenhouse gas emissions, which further aggravates the aforementioned problems and increases the effects of climate change. One of the main pollutants is CO2, which contributes to the warming of the earth’s surface, but it can be removed from the atmosphere by vegetation and stored as biomass. In urban centres, the lack of vegetation cover directly affects the processes of air purification and carbon storage. This is why quantifying and monitoring the vegetation cover is crucial in urban environments. This monitoring can be done through remote sensing techniques supported by traditional processes such as data collection in the field. For this study, it was used satellite data from Sentinel 2 and data from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The obtained results indicate a scarce of vegetation cover within the urban centre.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Hugo González Jaramillo V. and Zapata M. (2022). Assessment of Aboveground Biomass-Vegetation Storage in Urban Centres Using Remote Sensing Technology. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Water, Ecology and Environment - Volume 1: ISWEE; ISBN 978-989-758-639-2, SciTePress, pages 46-51. DOI: 10.5220/0011893500003536

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iswee22,
author={Víctor Hugo González Jaramillo and María Zapata},
title={Assessment of Aboveground Biomass-Vegetation Storage in Urban Centres Using Remote Sensing Technology},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Water, Ecology and Environment - Volume 1: ISWEE},
year={2022},
pages={46-51},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011893500003536},
isbn={978-989-758-639-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Water, Ecology and Environment - Volume 1: ISWEE
TI - Assessment of Aboveground Biomass-Vegetation Storage in Urban Centres Using Remote Sensing Technology
SN - 978-989-758-639-2
AU - Hugo González Jaramillo V.
AU - Zapata M.
PY - 2022
SP - 46
EP - 51
DO - 10.5220/0011893500003536
PB - SciTePress