How Earth Observation from space supports island dynamics analysis

Corabia is a small harbour town on the left bank of the Danube River, between 628-636 km (Olt County, Romania). Even if the founding act of Corabia is quite recent (1881) and the component settlements have been certified starting with the 16th century, traces of living in these lands go back to ancient times as

Islands in the Anthropocene

Islands indicate a river’s pattern. They are large or small, streamlined or irregular, formed through the deposition of sediments or covered in vegetation. Through their features, islands are indicators for a river’s flow variability, as well as for the power and competence of transporting the sediment load. Rivers with islands also have a higher variety