Monitoring parks through remote sensing: Studies in Nepal and Honduras

Environmental Management

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 748-760

  Nagendra, Harini ^a   Tucker, Catherine ^a   Carlson, Laura ^a   Southworth, Jane ^b   Karmacharya, Mukunda ^c   Karna, Birendra ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Nepal Forestry Resources and Institutions Research Program   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Co management; Institutions; Land use land cover change; Protected areas; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PUBLIC POLICY; REMOTE SENSING;

BUFFER ZONE FOREST; ECOTOURISM; INTERNATIONAL DONOR INDUSTRIES;

PARKS;

GIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MONITORING; PROTECTED AREA; REMOTE SENSING;

ARTICLE; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HONDURAS; NEPAL; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOURISM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; SPACE FLIGHT; TREE;

DECISION MAKING; GIS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PUBLIC OWNERSHIP; RECREATION; REMOTE SENSING; TREES;

ASIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HONDURAS; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HONDURAS; NEPAL; SPACECRAFT; TREES;

EID: 17844399594     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0028-7     Document Type: Article

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