The "Invisible:mountains: Using GIS to examine the extent of mountain terrain in South Africa

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 28-34

  Browne, Thomas J ^a   Fox, Roddy ^b   Funnell, Donald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Definition of mountains; GIS; Policy; Socioeconomic features; South africa; Topography; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

GIS; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 2042493786     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/0276-4741(2004)024[0028:TIM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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