The nature and extent of landscape change under land resettlement programmes in Zimbabwe

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 495-508

  Elliott, J A ^a   Burnside, N G ^a   Broomhead, T ^a   Kinsey, B H ^b   Kwesha, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Forestry Commission Zimbabwe   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; GIS; Land cover change; Landscape dynamics; Resettlement; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

LAND RESETTLEMENT; LAND-COVER CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE;

LAND RECLAMATION;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; GIS; LAND COVER; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; SETTLEMENT PLANNING; VILLAGE;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 33749984803     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.732     Document Type: Article

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