Tropical landscape characterization and analysis for forest rehabilitation planning using satellite data and GIS

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-54

  Apan, Armando A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bareland patches; Forest rehabilitation; GIS; Image processing

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOREST REHABILITATION; GIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LANDSAT TM; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PLANNING TECHNIQUE; TROPICS;

PHILIPPINES, MINDORO;

EID: 0029669689     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-2046(95)00201-4     Document Type: Article

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