Application of GIS and remote sensing for measuring and evaluating land-use change and its impact on water quality in the Pinang River watershed

Ecology and Civil Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-110

  Jailani Muhamed Yunus, Ahmad ^a   Nakagoshi, Nobukazu ^a   Ibrahim, Ab Latif ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Department of Environment Water Quality Index (DOE WQI); Geographic Information System (GIS); Land use change; Landsat TM; Watershed

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746504693     PISSN: 13443755     EISSN: 18825974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3825/ece.6.97     Document Type: Article

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