Land use/cover changes in the war-ravaged Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka, 1984-early 2004

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-220

  Suthakar, K ^a   Bui, Elisabeth N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA   (Sri Lanka)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ethnic conflict; GIS; High security zone; Jaffna Peninsula; Land use land cover change; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC CONFLICT; GIS; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; JAFFNA PENINSULA; NORTHERN PROVINCE [SRI LANKA]; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 45749147068     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2008.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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