How valuable is remotely sensed information? The case of tropical deforestation modelling

Space Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 149-158

  Bounfour, Ahmed ^a   Lambin, Eric F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

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EID: 0033174160     PISSN: 02659646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-9646(99)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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