A landuse change and land degradation study in Spain and Greece using remote sensing and GIS

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 35, Issue , 2004, Pages 553-558

  Symeonakis, E ^a   Koukoulas, S ^b   Calvo Cases, A ^a   Arnau Rosalen, E ^a   Makris, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Change detection; Classification; GIS; Hydrology; Land cover; Land use; Remote sensing; Soil

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DEFORESTATION; EROSION; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; RUNOFF; SOILS; WEATHERING;

CHANGE DETECTION; DATA REQUIREMENTS; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; MITIGATION MEASURES; REMOTE SENSING AND GIS; SOIL ERODIBILITY; SOIL EROSION MODELING;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 33845613151     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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