From Land Cover to Land Use: A Methodology for Efficient Land Use Mapping over Large Areas

Professional Geographer

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 275-289

  Cihlar, Josef ^a   Jansen, Louisa J M ^b  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Land cover; Land use; Methods; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

LAND COVER; LAND USE; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING;

LEBANON;

EID: 0034997425     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.00285     Document Type: Article

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