Recent land-cover/use change associated with land degradation in the Lake Baringo catchment, Kenya, East Africa: Evidence from Landsat TM and ETM+

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 28, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 4285-4309

  Kiage, L M ^a   Liu, K B ^a   Walker, N D ^a,b   Lam, N ^a   Huh, O K ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Louisiana State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LAKES; LAND USE; NATURAL RESOURCES;

CHANGE-DETECTION ANALYSIS; LAND DEGRADATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEFORESTATION; DETECTION METHOD; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NDVI; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AFRICA; BARINGO; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34748889477     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160701241753     Document Type: Article

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