Soil landscapes, land cover change and erosion features of the Central Plateau region of Tigrai, Ethiopia: Photo-monitoring with an interval of 30 years

Catena

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-64

  Munro, R Neil ^a   Deckers, J ^b   Haile, Mitiku ^c   Grove, A T ^d   Poesen, J ^b   Nyssen, J ^e  

^a Old Abbey Associates   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d DOWNING COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Erosion; Land cover change; Northern Ethiopia; Photo monitoring; Soil and water conservation; Tigray

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EROSION; FARMING SYSTEM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TIGRAY;

EID: 49649113836     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2008.04.009     Document Type: Article

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