Google Earth Engine-based Mangrove Mapping and Change Detections for Sustainable Development in Tien Yen District, Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam

Vietnam secures a place among the top countries that possess the largest mangrove areas worldwide. The mangrove forests are mainly found in the Northern, Northeast, Central and Southern Delta, providing goods to habitants, and make significant help mitigate global climate change. Despite this, mangr...

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Main Authors: M. H. Nguyen, N. T. Nguyen, G. Y. I. Ryadi, M. V. Nguyen, T. L. Duong, C.-H. Lin, T. B. Nguyen
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Published: Copernicus Publications 2024-11-01
Series:ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Online Access:https://isprs-annals.copernicus.org/articles/X-5-2024/119/2024/isprs-annals-X-5-2024-119-2024.pdf
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author M. H. Nguyen
N. T. Nguyen
G. Y. I. Ryadi
M. V. Nguyen
T. L. Duong
C.-H. Lin
T. B. Nguyen
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T. L. Duong
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description Vietnam secures a place among the top countries that possess the largest mangrove areas worldwide. The mangrove forests are mainly found in the Northern, Northeast, Central and Southern Delta, providing goods to habitants, and make significant help mitigate global climate change. Despite this, mangroves are severely threatened because of extensive deforestation in Vietnam. Recent advances have utilized remotely sensed imagery to present the spatial and temporal distribution of mangroves. Nevertheless, the approach is limited by imagery availability and computing resources, and difficult to share within the community. Therefore, a shareable Web-based tool that reinforces coastal managers to monitor the changes in mangroves is needed. Recently, Google Earth Engine (GEE) is a cloud-based geospatial analysis platform, which allows users to freely exploit the availability of satellite imagery and harness their computing capacity. This research aims to use GEE to detect mangrove changes, a case study in Tien Yen district, Quang Ninh, over a period from 2010 to 2020. Four supervised classification algorithms, including Random Forest (RF), Support Vector Machine (SVM), Naïve Bayes classifier, and Classification and Regression Trees (CART) have been implemented on GEE platform to select the best algorithm to produce spatial-temporal mangrove maps, then change detection of mangroves is performed. The results showed that RF demonstrated the highest accuracy with overall accuracy and kappa values of 91.04% and 0.75 respectively. The mangrove areas statistically reported by the GEE-based platform are in line with the governmental statistic report annually, marking the capabilities of GEE in natural resource management.
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spelling doaj-art-b608b8604a174708adcfb910076550272025-08-20T02:13:52ZengCopernicus PublicationsISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences2194-90422194-90502024-11-01X-5-202411912510.5194/isprs-annals-X-5-2024-119-2024Google Earth Engine-based Mangrove Mapping and Change Detections for Sustainable Development in Tien Yen District, Quang Ninh Province, VietnamM. H. Nguyen0N. T. Nguyen1G. Y. I. Ryadi2M. V. Nguyen3T. L. Duong4C.-H. Lin5T. B. Nguyen6Institute of Geography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, VietnamInstitute of Geography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, VietnamDepartment of Geomatics, National Cheng Kung University, TaiwanFaculty of Geography, Hanoi National University of Education, VietnamFaculty of Geography, Hanoi National University of Education, VietnamDepartment of Geomatics, National Cheng Kung University, TaiwanInstitute of Geography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, VietnamVietnam secures a place among the top countries that possess the largest mangrove areas worldwide. The mangrove forests are mainly found in the Northern, Northeast, Central and Southern Delta, providing goods to habitants, and make significant help mitigate global climate change. Despite this, mangroves are severely threatened because of extensive deforestation in Vietnam. Recent advances have utilized remotely sensed imagery to present the spatial and temporal distribution of mangroves. Nevertheless, the approach is limited by imagery availability and computing resources, and difficult to share within the community. Therefore, a shareable Web-based tool that reinforces coastal managers to monitor the changes in mangroves is needed. Recently, Google Earth Engine (GEE) is a cloud-based geospatial analysis platform, which allows users to freely exploit the availability of satellite imagery and harness their computing capacity. This research aims to use GEE to detect mangrove changes, a case study in Tien Yen district, Quang Ninh, over a period from 2010 to 2020. Four supervised classification algorithms, including Random Forest (RF), Support Vector Machine (SVM), Naïve Bayes classifier, and Classification and Regression Trees (CART) have been implemented on GEE platform to select the best algorithm to produce spatial-temporal mangrove maps, then change detection of mangroves is performed. The results showed that RF demonstrated the highest accuracy with overall accuracy and kappa values of 91.04% and 0.75 respectively. The mangrove areas statistically reported by the GEE-based platform are in line with the governmental statistic report annually, marking the capabilities of GEE in natural resource management.https://isprs-annals.copernicus.org/articles/X-5-2024/119/2024/isprs-annals-X-5-2024-119-2024.pdf
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Google Earth Engine-based Mangrove Mapping and Change Detections for Sustainable Development in Tien Yen District, Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam
ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
title Google Earth Engine-based Mangrove Mapping and Change Detections for Sustainable Development in Tien Yen District, Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam
title_full Google Earth Engine-based Mangrove Mapping and Change Detections for Sustainable Development in Tien Yen District, Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam
title_fullStr Google Earth Engine-based Mangrove Mapping and Change Detections for Sustainable Development in Tien Yen District, Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam
title_full_unstemmed Google Earth Engine-based Mangrove Mapping and Change Detections for Sustainable Development in Tien Yen District, Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam
title_short Google Earth Engine-based Mangrove Mapping and Change Detections for Sustainable Development in Tien Yen District, Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam
title_sort google earth engine based mangrove mapping and change detections for sustainable development in tien yen district quang ninh province vietnam
url https://isprs-annals.copernicus.org/articles/X-5-2024/119/2024/isprs-annals-X-5-2024-119-2024.pdf
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