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A Review of the Sustainability Concept and the State of SDG Monitoring Using Remote Sensing by Estoque, Ronald

“…The formulation of the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) was a major leap forward in humankind’s quest for a sustainable future, which likely began in…”
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Complexity and diversity of nexuses: A review of the nexus approach in the sustainability context by Estoque, Ronald C.

“…Achieving global sustainability is a coupled human-environment system issue that requires resource planning and management that goes beyond siloed thinking. As…”
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Monitoring surface urban heat island formation in a tropical mountain city using Landsat data (1987–2015) by Estoque, Ronald C., Murayama, Yuji

“…Since it was first described about two centuries ago and due to its adverse impacts on urban ecological environment and the overall livability of cities, the…”
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Effects of landscape composition and pattern on land surface temperature: An urban heat island study in the megacities of Southeast Asia by Estoque, Ronald C., Murayama, Yuji, Myint, Soe W.

“…Due to its adverse impacts on urban ecological environment and the overall livability of cities, the urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon has become a major…”
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Bibliometric analysis of highly cited articles on ecosystem services by Zhang, Xinmin, Estoque, Ronald C, Xie, Hualin, Murayama, Yuji, Ranagalage, Manjula

“…This paper presents global research trends involving highly cited articles on ecosystem services from 1981 to 2017 based on a bibliometric analysis of such…”
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Spatial Analysis of Surface Urban Heat Islands in Four Rapidly Growing African Cities by Simwanda, Matamyo, Ranagalage, Manjula, Estoque, Ronald C., Murayama, Yuji

“…Africa’s unprecedented, uncontrolled and unplanned urbanization has put many African cities under constant ecological and environmental threat. One of the…”
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Quantifying landscape pattern and ecosystem service value changes in four rapidly urbanizing hill stations of Southeast Asia by Estoque, Ronald C., Murayama, Yuji

“…Context Hill stations are known for their favorable cool climate and natural environments which generate valuable ecosystem services that benefit the local…”
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Landscape pattern and ecosystem service value changes: Implications for environmental sustainability planning for the rapidly urbanizing summer capital of the Philippines by Estoque, Ronald C., Murayama, Yuji

“…•Baguio is a hill station city and the summer capital of the Philippines.•Rapid urbanization has contributed to dramatic changes in Baguio's natural…”
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The resilience–sustainability–quality of life nexus by Estoque, Ronald C., Wu, Jianguo

“…Social-ecological resilience (SER), sustainability (SUS) and quality of life including wellbeing (QOL) are distinct but highly interconnected goals that are…”
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Classification and change detection of built-up lands from Landsat-7 ETM+ and Landsat-8 OLI/TIRS imageries: A comparative assessment of various spectral indices by Estoque, Ronald C., Murayama, Yuji

“…•Landsat-7 and 8 imageries were used to classify built-up lands and detect changes.•Three MIR-based, two Vis-based and one TIR-based indices were applied and…”
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Intensity and spatial pattern of urban land changes in the megacities of Southeast Asia by Estoque, Ronald C., Murayama, Yuji

“…•This paper examines the intensities and spatial patterns of urban land changes (ULCs) in Manila and Bangkok.•Manila’s ULCs were more intense in the 1990s than…”
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Heat health risk assessment in Philippine cities using remotely sensed data and social-ecological indicators by Estoque, Ronald C., Ooba, Makoto, Seposo, Xerxes T., Togawa, Takuya, Hijioka, Yasuaki, Takahashi, Kiyoshi, Nakamura, Shogo

“…More than half of the world’s population currently live in urban areas and are particularly at risk from the combined effects of the urban heat island…”
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Spatiotemporal pattern of global forest change over the past 60 years and the forest transition theory by Estoque, Ronald C, Dasgupta, Rajarshi, Winkler, Karina, Avitabile, Valerio, Johnson, Brian A, Myint, Soe W, Gao, Yan, Ooba, Makoto, Murayama, Yuji, Lasco, Rodel D

“…Abstract Forest ecosystems play an indispensable role in addressing various pressing sustainability and social-ecological challenges such as climate change and…”
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IPCC's current conceptualization of ‘vulnerability’ needs more clarification for climate change vulnerability assessments by Ishtiaque, Asif, Estoque, Ronald C, Eakin, Hallie, Parajuli, Jagadish, Rabby, Yasin Wahid

“…In this Short Communication, we raise the concern that the existing conceptualization of ‘vulnerability’, introduced in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5),…”
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An urban heat island study in Nanchang City, China based on land surface temperature and social-ecological variables by Zhang, Xinmin, Estoque, Ronald C., Murayama, Yuji

“…•Between 2000 and 2013, the urban area increased from 4830ha to 12,090ha.•Over the same period, the overall mean LST increased by 1.64°C.•LST had a significant…”
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Assessing Sustainability over Space and Time: The Emerging Roles of GIScience and Remote Sensing by Estoque, Ronald C.

“…Sustainability is a critical global challenge that requires comprehensive assessments of environmental, social, and economic indicators [...]…”
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Some key considerations for implementing the nexus approach in biodiversity conservation research and practice by Estoque, Ronald C.

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The future of Southeast Asia’s forests by Estoque, Ronald C., Ooba, Makoto, Avitabile, Valerio, Hijioka, Yasuaki, DasGupta, Rajarshi, Togawa, Takuya, Murayama, Yuji

“…While Southeast Asia’s forests play important roles in biodiversity conservation and global carbon (C) balance, the region is also a deforestation hotspot…”
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Examining the potential impact of land use/cover changes on the ecosystem services of Baguio city, the Philippines: A scenario-based analysis by Estoque, Ronald C., Murayama, Yuji

“…The main purpose of this study is to examine the potential impacts of the past and future land use/cover (LUC) changes on the ecosystem services of Baguio…”
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Spatiotemporal Analysis of Urban Growth Using GIS and Remote Sensing: A Case Study of the Colombo Metropolitan Area, Sri Lanka by Subasinghe, Shyamantha, Estoque, Ronald C, Murayama, Yuji

“…Understanding urban growth spatiotemporally is important for landscape and urban development planning. In this study, we examined the spatiotemporal pattern of…”
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