Using satellite remote sensing analysis to evaluate a socio-economic and ecological model of deforestation in Rondônia, Brazil

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 3233-3255

  Frohn, R C ^a   McGWIRE, K C ^b   Dale, V H ^c   Estes, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRACTALS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND USE; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

DEFORESTATION; LANDSAT DATA;

REMOTE SENSING;

DEFORESTATION; DELTA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECOLOGICAL MODEL; FOREST CLEARANCE; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAND TENURE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; LANDSAT TM; METHODOLOGICAL EVALUATION; MODELLING; MODELLING APPROACH; RAINFOREST; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIO-ECONOMIC MODEL; SOCIO/ECONOMIC MODEL; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SPATIAL PATTERN; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

BRAZIL, RONDONIA STATE;

EID: 0030291923     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169608949141     Document Type: Article

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