Use of satellite imagery as environmental impact assessment tool: A case study from the NW Egyptian Red Sea coastal zone

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 107, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 427-452

  Moufaddal, Wahid M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Data analysis; EIA; Environmental degradation; Human activities; Satellite imagery; Sensitive habitats

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; REMOTE SENSING; WEATHERING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA); HUMAN ACTIVITIES; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSITIVE HABITATS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

SEA WATER;

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CASE STUDY; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGERY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; RECORDING; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSOR; TELECOMMUNICATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDIAN OCEAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SEAWATER;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EGYPT; INDIAN OCEAN; NORTH AFRICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; WORLD;

AVES;

EID: 24044445216     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-3576-2     Document Type: Article

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