Change detection of the effect of severe drought on subsistence agropastoral communities on the Bolivian Altiplano

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1319-1333

  Washington Allen, R A ^a,b   Ramsey, R D ^b   Norton, B E ^b   West, N E ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SATELLITES;

SUBSISTENCE AGROPASTORAL COMMUNITIES;

REMOTE SENSING;

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; CHANGE DETECTION; DROUGHT; GIS; LANDSAT TM; PASTORAL FARMING; REMOTE SENSING; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE; VEGETATION COVER;

BOLIVIA, ALTIPLANO;

EID: 0032079571     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311698215469     Document Type: Article

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