Using remote sensing and GIS in the analysis of ecosystem decline along the River Niger Basin: The case of Mali and Niger

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-184

  Twumasi, Yaw A ^a   Merem, Edmund C ^b  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Jackson State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Decline; GIS; Management; Remote sensing; Riverine ecosystem

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 34347369323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph2007040013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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