Identification of potential ecotourism sites in West District, Sikkim using geospatial tools

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-85

  Kumari, S ^a,b   Behera, M D ^a   Tewari, H R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b IIS UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

AHP; Criteria; Ecotourism; GIS; Indicators; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; ENDEMISM; FOREST COVER; GIS; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; TOURIST ATTRACTION; VEGETATION INDEX;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SIKKIM; SOUTH ASIA;

AVES; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 70449083025     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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