Joshua Ranjit E

Remote Sensing: Theories & Practices

                     Manaus is located on the Rio Negro and is a backbone of the Brazil's commercial market of shipping, petroleum, and forest products. Manaus is the home to over half of the residents of the State of Amazonia. High rates of illegal residency have resulted in dense economically disadvantaged communities on creek banks that run throughout the city resulting in rapid urbanisation and deforestation along the forests and rivers.