Recent changes in land-use in the Pambala-Chilaw Lagoon complex (Sri Lanka) investigated using remote sensing and GIS: Conservation of mangroves vs. development of shrimp farming

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 185-200

  Dahdouh Guebas, F ^a   Zetterstrom T ^a,b   Ronnback P ^b   Troell, M ^b,c   Wickramasinghe, A ^d   Koedam, N ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d Pambala Kakkapalliya   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Aquaculture; Mangrove; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

GIS; LAND USE CHANGE; MANGROVE; REMOTE SENSING; SHRIMP CULTURE;

SRI LANKA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 0036417852     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020854413866     Document Type: Article

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