Publications


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A Modified Bare Soil Index to Identify Bare Land Features during Agricultural Fallow-Period in Southeast Asia Using Landsat 8

We proposed a novel bare soil spectral index (called MBI - Modified Bare Soil Index) to distinguish barren land urban features for Landsat imagery and similar sensors.

Land (10), 2021

DOI: 10.3390/land10030231

How do disparate urbanization and climate change imprint on urban thermal variations? A comparison between two dynamic cities in Southeast Asia

A comprehensive comparison between Ho Chi Minh city and Bangkok in many aspects of built-up and green space revolutions, climate changes, and surface urban heat island effect.

Sustainable Cities and Society (82), 2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2022.103882

Ecosystem Services Provided by Urban Green Spaces in Bangkok Metropolis: Public Awareness and Planning Implications

A qualitative anaysis of public awareness regarding ecosystem services provided by urban green spaces ranging from provision-supporting-regulating-cultural- and dis-services.

Urban Ecosystems (27), 2023

DOI: 10.1007/s11252-023-01482-1

A regional assessment of ecological environment quality in Thailand special economic zone: Spatial heterogeneous influences and future prediction

Manifestations of ecological quality degradation in a special economic zone in Thailand was assessed with near-future prediction. We also figured out the principal drivers and their spatial manners of domination.

Land Degradation & Development, 34(18), 2023

DOI: 10.1002/ldr.4876

 

Peer reviewed Articles


    Author's name is: Can Trong Nguyen | Nguyen Trong Can | Trong Can Nguyen (+ Corresponding Author)

    First author: 10 papers; First & corresponding author: 09 papers; Corresponding author: 10 papers


    2025

  1. Nguyen, C. T.+, Downes, N. K., Sitthi, A., & Losiri, C., 2025. Tourism-Induced Land Use Transformations, Urbanisation, and Habitat Degradation in the Phu Quoc Special Economic Zone. Urban Science, 9(1), 11. 10.3390/urbansci9010011

    2. 2024

  2. Nguyen, C. T.+, Loc, T. T., & Tien, P. D., 2024. Land use, land cover changes and expansion of artificial reservoirs in Eastern Thailand: Implications for agriculture and vegetation drought reduction. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 196 (SI: Agricultural Water Management for a Sustainable Future: Technologies and Strategies), 1009 10.1007/s10661-024-13151-7

  3. Nguyen, C. T.+, Nguyen H., Sakti, A. D., 2024. Seasonal Characteristics of Outdoor Thermal Comfort and Residential Electricity Consumption: A Snapshot in Bangkok Metropolitan Area. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment. 33, 101106. 10.1016/j.rsase.2023.101106

    4. 2023

  4. Nguyen, C. T.+, & Chidthaisong A., 2023. Ecosystem Services Provided by Urban Green Spaces in Bangkok Metropolis: Public Awareness and Planning Implications. Urban Ecosystems. 27, 855–868 10.1007/s11252-023-01482-1

  5. Diem, P. K., Nguyen, C. T.+, Diem, N. K., Diep, N. T. H., Thao, P. T. B., Hong, T. G., Phan, T. N., 2024. Remote sensing for urban heat island research: Progress, current issues, and perspectives. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment. 33(January 2024), 101081 10.1016/j.rsase.2023.101081

  6. Diem, P.K., Diem, N.K., Nguyen, C.T., Minh V.Q., 2023. Impacts of extreme drought on rice planting calendar in Vietnamese Mekong Delta. Paddy and Water Environment. 22, 139–153. 10.1007/s10333-023-00958-2

  7. Nguyen, C. T.+, Kaewthongrach, R., Channumsin, S., Chongcheawchamnan, M., Phan, T.-N., & Niammuad, D., 2023. A regional assessment of ecological environment quality in Thailand special economic zone: Spatial heterogeneous influences and future prediction. Land Degradation & Development, 34(18 Special Issue: Environmental Governance and Land Degradation Neutrality in Coastal and Transitional Ecosystems), 5770-5787. 10.1002/ldr.4876

    8. 2022

  8. Diep, N.T.H., Loc, H.H., Nguyen, C.T., Park, E., & Thanh, T., 2022. Spatial-social evaluations of ecosystem services of adaptive aquaculture models using SAR and multivariate analyses: a case in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 194(778). 10.1007/s10661-022-10182-w

  9. Nguyen, C.T.+, Chidthaisong, A.+, Limsakul, A., Varnakovida, P., Ekkawatpanit, C., Diem, P. K., & Diep, N. T. H., 2022. How do disparate urbanization and climate change imprint on urban thermal variations? A comparison between two dynamic cities in Southeast Asia. Sustainable Cities and Society, 82(July 2022), 103882. 10.1016/j.scs.2022.103882

  10. Diep, N.T.H., Nguyen, C.T.+, Diem, P.K., Hoang, N.X., Kafy, A.A., 2022. Assessment on controlling factors of urbanization possibility in a newly developing city of the Vietnamese Mekong delta using logistic regression analysis. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 126, 103065. 10.1016/j.pce.2021.103065

  11. Diem, P. K., Diem, N. K., Can, N. T., Minh, V. Q., Huong, H. T. T., Diep, N. T. H., & Tao, P. C., 2022. Assessing the applicability of Fusion Landsat-MODIS data for mapping agricultural land use - A case study in An Giang Province. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 964(1), 012005. 10.1088/1755-1315/964/1/012005

    12. 2021

  12. Nguyen, C.T., Chidthaisong, A., Diem, P.K., Huo, L., 2021. A Modified Bare Soil Index to Identify Bare Land Features during Agricultural Fallow-Period in Southeast Asia Using Landsat 8. Land 10, 1–17. 10.3390/land10030231

  13. Yaung, K. La, Chidthaisong, A., Limsakul, A., Varnakovida, P., Nguyen, C.T., 2021. Land Use Land Cover Changes and Their Effects on Surface Air Temperature in Myanmar and Thailand. Sustainability 13, 1–21. 10.3390/su131910942

  14. Nguyen, C.T.+, Diep, N.T.H., Iabchoon, S., 2021. Direction of urban expansion in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand under the impacts of a national strategy. Vietnam Journal of Earth Sciences. 43. 10.15625/2615-9783/16313

  15. Loc, H.H., Park, E., Thu, T.N., Diep, N.T.H., Can, N.T., 2021. An enhanced analytical framework of participatory GIS for ecosystem services assessment applied to a Ramsar wetland site in the Vietnam Mekong Delta. Ecosystem Services. 48, 101245. 10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101245

    16. 2020

  16. Nguyen, C.T.+, Diep, N.T.H., Diem, P.K., 2020. Factors Affecting Urban Electricity Consumption: a case study in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area using an Integrated approach of Earth Observation data and Data analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28 (SI: Environmental and Energy Management), 12056–12066. 10.1007/s11356-020-09157-6

  17. Nguyen, T. H. D., Nguyen, T. C., Nguyen, T. N. T., & Doan, T. N. (2020). Flood inundation mapping using Sentinel-1A in An Giang province in 2019. Vietnam Journal of Science, Technology and Engineering, 62(4), 36–42. 10.31276/vjste.62(4).36-42

    18. 2019

  18. Can, N.T.+, Diep, N.T.H., Iabchoon, S., Varnakovida, P., Minh, V.Q., 2019. Analysis of Factors Affecting Urban Heat Island Phenomenon in Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand. VNU Journal of Science: Earth and Environmental Sciences. 35, 53–62. 10.25073/2588-1094/vnuees.4355

  19. Diep, N. T. H., Korsem, T., Can, N. T., Phonphan, W., & Vo Quang Minh., 2019. Determination of aquaculture distribution by using remote sensing technology in Thanh Phu district, Ben Tre province, Vietnam. Vietnam Journal of Science, Technology and Engineering, 61(2), 35–41. 10.31276/VJSTE.61(2).35-41

    20. 2017

  20. Loc, H.H., Diep, N.T.H., Can, N.T., Irvine, K.N., Shimizu, Y., 2017. Integrated evaluation of Ecosystem Services in Prawn-Rice rotational crops, Vietnam. Ecosystem Services. 26, 377–387. 10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.04.007

Book chapters

  1. Nguyen, C.T.+, Noszczyk, T., & Iabchoon, S., 2025. Soil Textures and Urban Heat: Cooling Planning Strategies. In: Gupta, M. (ed) Remote Sensing for Geophysicists. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, USA. ISBN: 9781032778921

  2. Nguyen, C.T.+, Chidthaisong, A., Kaewthongrach, R., Marome, W., 2023. Urban Thermal Environment Under Urban Expansion and Climate Change: A Regional Perspective from Southeast Asian Big Cities. In: Cheshmehzangi, A., He, BJ., Sharifi, A., Matzarakis, A. (eds) Climate Change and Cooling Cities. Urban Sustainability. Springer, Singapore. 10.1007/978-981-99-3675-5_9

  3. Diem, P.K., Diem, N.K., Nguyen, C.T., Diep, N.T.H., 2023. Urbanisation and Urban Heat Island in a Mekong Delta City: From Monitoring to Dominant Factors. In: Cheshmehzangi, A., He, BJ., Sharifi, A., Matzarakis, A. (eds) Climate Change and Cooling Cities. Urban Sustainability. Springer, Singapore. 10.1007/978-981-99-3675-5_13

Conference presentations

  1. Nguyen, C. T., Chayawatto N.+, Kubaha K., Chidthaisong A., Varnakovida P., Aregarot P., 2022. Effects of increasing green areas on campus microclimate using InVEST urban cooling model. The 8th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environment (SEE). Bangkok, Thailand (7-9/11/2022).

  2. Nguyen, D. K., Phan, D. K., Nguyen, C.T., Kaewthongrach, R., Channumsin, S., Chongcheawchamnan M., 2022. Variations of urban heat island in a coastal city of Hat Yai, Thailand. The 8th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environment (SEE). Bangkok, Thailand (7-9/11/2022)

  3. Nguyen, C. T.+, and Chidthaisong, A., & Kaewthongrach R., 2022. Assessment of cooling capacity by urban parks from a multi-data source approach. The 8th International Conference on Sustainable Urban Development. Binh Duong, Vietnam (20/10/2022). pp.33-46. (Published in 2024 as a book chapter in: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Sustainable Urban Development. ICSUD 2022. Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements. Springer, Singapore, (eds) Ha, V.T., Nguyen, H.N., Linke, HJ.) 10.1007/978-981-99-8003-1_9

  4. Nguyen, C. T., and Chidthaisong, A.+, 2022. Urban Green Space Inventory using Different Spatial Resolution Satellite Images: Practical notes in Bangkok. The 11th International Conference on Environmental Engineering, Science and Management. Bangkok, Thailand. pp. 333-340.

  5. Diep, N.T.H., Loi, N.T., Can, N.T., 2018. Monitoring erosion and accretion situation in the coastal zone at Kien Giang province, in: The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, GeoInformation For Disaster Management (Gi4DM). Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 197–203. (Conference). Link

  6. Diep, N. T. H., Chi, X. D., and Can, N. T., 2018. Developing an application on land use planning information in Gia Rai district, Bac Lieu province. GeoInformatics for Spatial-Infrastructure Development in Earth & Allied Sciences (GIS-IDEAS), 342–352.

  7. Nguyen, C. T., Nguyen, D. T. H., Chi, T. B., & Ho, H. L., 2017. Ecosystem services valuation and economic approaches for intensive shrimp assessment in Kien Luong district, Kien Giang province. The International Scientific Workshop on “Scientific Research for Training Assignment”. Kien Giang, Vietnam. pp. 14–22.

  8. Can, N. T., Diep, N. T. H., & Loc, H. H., 2016. Exploratory Assessment of Prawn-Rice Rotational Crops Spatial Distribution and Ecosystem Services Values. The 37th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing. Sri Lanka.

Technical reports

  1. Diem, P. K., Can, N. T., Tien, P. D., Diem, N. K., Nguyen, N. T., Hong, T. G., & Vu, P. H., 2024. Report on Land Use Analysis for 13 Provinces in Vietnamese Mekong Delta in 2022. Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Link

Publications in Vietnamese

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