GIS and remote sensing applications in the assessment of change within a coastal environment in the niger delta region of Nigeria

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 98-106

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

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Jackson State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal environment; Environmental change; GIS; Niger Delta; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; NIGERIA; REMOTE SENSING; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; POLICY; POPULATION GROWTH;

DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; NIGERIA; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 35549003282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph2006030011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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