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Here, we developed a before\u2013during\u2013after control-impact remote sensing (BDACI-RS) approach to quantify the spatial and temporal changes of environmental impacts during and after the construction of the Wujing Highway in China using three buffer zones (0\u2013100 m, 100\u2013500 m, and 500\u20131000 m). Results showed that land cover composition experienced large changes in the 0\u2013100 m and 100\u2013500 m buffers while that in the 500\u20131000 m buffer was relatively stable. Vegetation and moisture conditions, indicated by the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and the normalized difference moisture index (NDMI), respectively, demonstrated obvious degradation\u2013recovery trends in the 0\u2013100 m and 100\u2013500 m buffers, while land surface temperature (LST) experienced a progressive increase. The maximal relative changes as annual means of NDVI, NDMI, and LST were about \u221240%, \u221260%, and 12%, respectively, in the 0\u2013100m buffer. Although the mean values of NDVI, NDMI, and LST in the 500\u20131000 m buffer remained relatively stable during the study period, their spatial variabilities increased significantly after highway construction. An integrated environment quality index (EQI) showed that the environmental impact of the highway manifested the most in its close proximity and faded away with distance. Our results showed that the effect distance of the highway was at least 1000 m, demonstrated from the spatial changes of the indicators (both mean and spatial variability). The approach proposed in this study can be readily applied to other regions to quantify the spatial and temporal changes of disturbances of highway systems and subsequent recovery.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs13071340","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,1]],"date-time":"2021-04-01T10:44:01Z","timestamp":1617273841000},"page":"1340","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":25,"title":["Quantification of the Environmental Impacts of Highway Construction Using Remote Sensing Approach"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Shuailong","family":"Feng","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"National Engineering Laboratory for Applied Technology of Forestry &amp; Ecology in South China, Central South University of Forestry and Technology (CSUFT), Changsha 410004, China"},{"name":"College of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology (CSUFT), Changsha 410004, China"}]},{"given":"Shuguang","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Engineering Laboratory for Applied Technology of Forestry &amp; 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