Towards realistic assessment of cultivated land quality in an ecologically fragile environment: A satellite imagery-based approach

Applied Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 271-281

  Liu, Yansui ^a   Zhang, Yanyu ^a,b   Guo, Liying ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

China; Cultivated land quality; Hengshan county; Land potential assessment; Land quality indicators; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CULTIVATION; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL FERTILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CHINA; HENGSHAN [HUNAN]; HUNAN;

EID: 75949101889     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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