Can we spot a neighborhood from the air? Defining neighborhood structure in Accra, Ghana

GeoJournal

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 9-22

  Weeks, John R ^a   Hill, Allan ^b   Stow, Douglas ^a   Getis, Arthur ^a   Fugate, Debbie ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accra; Ghana; GIS; Remote sensing; Slums

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; URBAN PLANNING;

GHANA; SLUMS;

REMOTE SENSING;

DEVELOPING WORLD; LAND COVER; NEIGHBORHOOD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCRA; AFRICA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 35649020338     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-007-9098-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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