Land use classification in mountainous areas: Integration of image processing, digital elevation data and field knowledge (application to Nepal)

ITC Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 78-85

  Shrestha, Dhruba Pikha ^a   Alfred Zinck, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

GIS; Land use classification; Mountainous lands; Remote sensing; Sun illumination

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646241781     PISSN: 03032434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-2434(01)85024-8     Document Type: Article

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