The change of land cover and land use and its impact factors in upriver key regions of the Yellow River

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1251-1265

  Dong, Lixin ^a,b   Wang, Wenke ^c   Ma, Mingguo ^d   Kong, Jinling ^c   Veroustraete, Frank ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

^b NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^c CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^e FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; FROZEN SOILS; GROUNDWATER; LAKES; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; WETLANDS;

DECISION MAKING TOOL; LAND USE LAND COVER CHANGE; LAND USE/COVER CHANGE; LANDSCAPE HETEROGENEITIES; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SHANNON-WEAVER DIVERSITY INDEX; SOURCE AREA OF THE YELLOW RIVERS; VULNERABLE ECOSYSTEMS;

LAND USE;

DECISION MAKING; DEGRADATION; DESERTIFICATION; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GIS; GRASSLAND; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMAFROST; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER LEVEL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 67650252220     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160802468248     Document Type: Article

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