Integration of landsat thematic mapper and census data for quality of life assessment

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-157

  Lo, C P ^a   Faber, Benjamin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; NATURAL RESOURCES; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI); PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL);

REMOTE SENSING;

CENSUS; GIS; LAND USE; LANDSAT TM; NDVI; POPULATION DENSITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

USA, GEORGIA, ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY;

EID: 0031277609     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(97)00088-6     Document Type: Article

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