An investigaton of land cover change in Mafungautsi Forest, Zimbabwe, using GIS and participatory mapping

Applied Geography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-21

  Mapedza, E ^a,b   Wright, J ^b   Fawcett, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GIS; Land use; Participatory mapping; Resource sharing; Tree cover; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; GIS; LAND USE CHANGE;

MAFUNGAUTSI FOREST RESERVE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0037223253     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-6228(02)00070-X     Document Type: Article

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