Mapping and evaluation of urban sprawling in the Mehadrigedda watershed in Visakhapatnam metropolitan region using remote sensing and GIS

Current Science

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1552-1557

  Nageswara Rao, K ^a   Narendra, K ^a  

^a GITAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

GIS; Mehadrigedda watershed; Remote sensing; Urban sprawling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846202910     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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