GIS applications in land management: The loss of high quality land to development in Central Mississippi from 1987-2002

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 234-244

  Twumasi, Yaw A ^a   Merem, Edmund C ^b  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Jackson State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural land; Change; GIS; Loss of farmland; Natural resources management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GRAVITY; POLICY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TILLAGE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

EID: 24944530396     PISSN: 16604601     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph2005020006     Document Type: Article

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