Remote sensing and local knowledge of hydrocarbon exploitation: The case of bovanenkovo, Yamal Peninsula, west Siberia, Russia

Arctic

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-178

  Kumpula, T ^a   Forbes, B C ^b   Stammler, F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic tundra; Aster vnir; Human impact; Landsat; Nenets; Oil and gas activities; Quickbird 2; Reindeer migration; SPOT

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASTER; DEER; EXPLOITATION; GAS FIELD; LAND COVER; LANDSAT; POPULATION MIGRATION; QUICKBIRD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPOT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; TREELINE; TUNDRA;

NENETS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; YAMAL PENINSULA; YAMALO-NENETS;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 77954265697     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic972     Document Type: Article

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