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Effects of Urban Growth on  the Buddhist Monasteries in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

 

Equation:

Un =Dn/63

Un is the urbanization level around the monastery n. Since the range of NSL data values on the pixels (Dn) was between 0 and 63, the range of Un values was theoretically between 0 and 1, with 0 representing the level of non-urbanization and 1 the maximum level of urbanization.

Map Layers:

temple 1993:Monasteries whose Un>0 in 1993

temple 1993=0:Monasteries whose Un=0 in 1993

temple 2003: Monasteries whose Un>0 in 2003

temple 2003=0: Monasteries whose Un=0 in 2003

temple 2013: Monasteries whose Un>0 in 2013

temple 2013=0: Monasteries whose Un=0 in 2013

Relevant paper:

Effects of Urban Growth on Architectural Heritage: The Case of Buddhist Monasteries in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau