Spatial modelling of deforestation in southern Cameroon: Spatial disaggregation of diverse deforestation processes

Applied Geography

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-162

  Mertens, Benoît ^a   Lambin, Eric F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Deforestation; Remote sensing; Spatial modelling; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; GIS; MODELLING APPROACH; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL MODELLING; SPATIAL PATTERN; TROPICAL FOREST;

CAMEROON;

EID: 0030833127     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-6228(97)00032-5     Document Type: Article

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