Land degradation assessment with the aid of geo-information techniques

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 777-784

  Jabbar, Mushtak T ^a   Chen, Xiaoling ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Crust index; GIS; Land degradation; Remote sensing; Vegetation index

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITES; VEGETATION;

DESERTIFICATION; GEO-INFORMATION TECHNIQUES; LAND DEGRADATION INDICATORS;

DEGRADATION;

DEGRADATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITES; VEGETATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LAND DEGRADATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REMOTE SENSING; THEMATIC MAPPING; VEGETATION INDEX;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHAANXI;

EID: 33744479957     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1298     Document Type: Article

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