Random and systematic land-cover transitions in northern Ghana

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 254-263

  Braimoh, Ademola K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ghana; Land cover change; Persistence; Random processes; Systematic processes

Indexed keywords

LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 32144441305     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2005.10.019     Document Type: Article

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