Changes in vegetation cover and socio-economic transitions in a coastal lagoon (Kalametiya, Sri Lanka), as observed by teledetection and ground truthing, can be attributed to an upstream irrigation scheme

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-183

  Jayatissa, L P ^a   Guero, M C ^b   Hettiarachchi, S ^a   Koedam, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

^b FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fisheries; GIS; Irrigation; Mangrove; Remote sensing; Sonneratia caseolaris; Typha latifolia

Indexed keywords

GIS; IRRIGATION; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION MAPPING;

SRI LANKA;

EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; SONNERATIA; SONNERATIA CASEOLARIS; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 0036421928     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020831416827     Document Type: Article

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