Environmental monitoring of land-use and land-cover changes in a Mediterranean Region of Turkey

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 157-168

  Kilic, S ^a   Evrendilek, F ^a   Berberoglu, S ^b   Demirkesen, A C ^c  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NIGDE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Environmental degradation; GIS; Land cover; Land use; Sustainable ecosystem management; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAND COVER; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; TURKEY;

CARBON; CROPS; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAKES; LAND USE; SOILS; WEATHERING; WETLANDS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; LAND USE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CROPLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LAND USE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL DEGRADATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY; URBANIZATION; WETLANDS;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 33645814668     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-2525-z     Document Type: Article

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