Stories remote sensing images can tell: Integrating remote sensing analysis with ethnographic research in the study of cultural landscapes

Human Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 215-232

  Jiang, Hong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cultural and landscape changes; Ethnographic research; Mixed methods; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; PERCEPTION; REMOTE SENSING;

CHINA;

EID: 0041629227     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023980713048     Document Type: Article

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