Utilization of remote sensing data and GIS tools for land use sustainability analysis: Case study in El-Hammam area, Egypt

Central European Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 347-367

  Mahmoud, Ali ^a   Shendi, Mahmoud ^b   Pradhan, Biswajeet ^a   Attia, Fatma ^c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FAYOUM UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

ALES; Egypt; El Hammam; GIS; Remote sensing; Soil mapping; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349146642     PISSN: 18961517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10085-009-0022-7     Document Type: Article

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