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Sakthivel R

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Publications (5)

Spatial Assessment of Agro-photovoltaic (AgroPV) Suitability Using Geographic Information System in Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu, India

Sakthivel R, A. Raviraj, R. Mahendiran, V. Anandhi, Maheshkumar P & Geethakarthi A · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2026

Agro-Photovoltaics (AgroPV) is a dual land-use strategy that enables simultaneous crop production and solar electricity generation on the same parcel of land, offering a practical response to the growing competition between food and energy security. This study presents a Geograph...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i95639

Near Real-Time Monitoring and Time Series Analysis of Water Bodies in Coimbatore District Using Google Earth Engine and Machine Learning Algorithms

Sakthivel R, Geethakarthi A, Vaishnava Devi S, Janani N, Maheshkumar P & Vasanthakumar M · Asian Journal of Geographical Research · 2025

This study presents a Google Earth Engine (GEE)-based web application for near real-time monitoring and time series analysis of water bodies in Coimbatore district using Sentinel-1A SAR data. The application generates dynamic water area maps from 2015 to the present and enables u...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajgr/2025/v8i4347

Beyond Parallel Trends: A Confounder-Adjusted, Spatially Explicit Test of Climate–Land-Use Associations in a Western Ghats-Adjacent Semi-Arid District, South India

Vasanthakumar M, Sakthivel R, Kamalesh Kanna Shanmuganathan, A. Mathesh Siva & Geethakarthi A · Asian Journal of Geographical Research · 2026

Land-use/land-cover (LULC) change and climate variability are often reported together in district-level studies, yet their statistical association is rarely tested after accounting for topographic and anthropogenic influences. This study examines Erode District, Tamil Nadu, a sem...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajgr/2026/v9i4475

Population, Tourism and Climate in Relation to Land Use/Land Cover Change: A 39-Year (1985–2024) Geospatial Analysis of the Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India

Sakunthaladevi Selvaraj, Sakthivel R, Suresh Kumar Devarajulu, Vidhyavathi Arumugam, Ahamed Ibrahim Abdul Rahim & Lakshumanan Chokkalingam · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2026

Aims: The study aims to analyse the spatio-temporal pattern of land use/land cover (LULC) change in the Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, between 1985 and 2024, and to examine its relationship with population growth, tourism and climate. Study Design: Retrospective, multi-temporal g...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i95657

Mapping and Monitoring Seasonal Wetland Dynamics of Koonthankulam Ramsar Site Using Sentinel-2 Imagery and Random Forest Classification on Google Earth Engine

A. R. Varsha, Mahendiran Mylswamy & Sakthivel R · Asian Journal of Geographical Research · 2026

Wetlands provide indispensable ecological, hydrological and socio-economic services, yet remain among the most rapidly altered ecosystems worldwide due to encroaching agriculture, urbanisation and hydrological disruption. This study presents a cloud-based, multi-temporal assessme...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajgr/2026/v9i3456