Mangrove conversion and aquaculture development in Vietnam: A remote sensing-based approach for evaluating the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 486-500

  Seto, Karen C ^a   Fragkias, Michail ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Environmental treaties; International environmental agreements; Land use change; Mangroves; Ramsar; Remote sensing; Vietnam; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MANGROVE; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 34548531025     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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