Landsat images for assessment of the impact of land use and land cover changes on the Barekese catchment in Ghana

European Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 269-278

  Boakye, E ^a   Odai, S N ^a   Adjei, K A ^a   Annor, F O ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Barekese catchment; Ghana; Land cover change; Land use change; LandSat TM image

Indexed keywords

EID: 55249126424     PISSN: 1450216X     EISSN: 1450202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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