Measurement of rapid agricultural land loss in the Pearl River Delta with the integration of remote sensing and GIS

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 447-461

  Xia, Li ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; GIS; LAND USE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING;

CHINA; PEARL RIVER DELTA;

EID: 0344157836     PISSN: 02658135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/b250447     Document Type: Article

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