The change of land use/cover and characteristics of landscape pattern in arid areas oasis: An application in Jinghe, Xinjiang

Geo-Spatial Information Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 174-185

  Zhang, Fei ^a,b   Tashpolat, Tiyip ^a,b   Kung, Hsiang te ^c   Ding, Jianli ^a  

^a XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid area; Jinghe County; Land use cover change (LUCC); Landscape change; Oasis

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ECOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY;

ARID AREA; JINGHE COUNTY; LAND USE/COVER CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGES; OASIS;

LAND USE;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; DIVERSITY INDEX; GIS; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; OASIS; REMOTE SENSING;

CHINA; JINGHE; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 77955034758     PISSN: 10095020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11806-010-0322-x     Document Type: Article

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