Spatio-temporal aspects of land use and land cover changes in the Niah catchment, Sarawak, Malaysia

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 170-190

  Hansen, Tina Svan ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Driving forces; GIS; Land cover changes; Land use change; Remote sensing; Sarawak

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DEFORESTATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; NIAH; SARAWAK; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

ELAEIS;

EID: 23244459631     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0129-7619.2005.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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