Integrating biophysical and socio-economic data using GIS for land evaluation of wheat cultivation: A case study in north-west Bangladesh

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 432-437

  Perveen, Mst Farida ^a   Nagasawa, R ^b   Ahmed, A O Cherif ^a   Uddin, Md Imtiaz ^a   Kimura, R ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Biophysical database; GIS; Land evaluation; Land use cover; Remote sensing; Terra ASTER; Wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 52949117168     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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