Earth observation (EO)-based ex post assessment of internally displaced person (IDP) camp evolution and population dynamics in Zam Zam, Darfur

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 5709-5731

  Lang, Stefan ^a,b   Tiede, Dirk ^a   Hölbling, Daniel ^a   Füreder, Petra ^a   Zeil, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSING; REMOTE SENSING;

AUTOMATED ANALYSIS; EARTH OBSERVATIONS; INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS; OBJECTIVE INFORMATION; POPULATION ESTIMATE; POPULATION ESTIMATIONS; POPULATION NUMBERS; VISUAL INTERPRETATION;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EOS; FORCED MIGRATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; QUICKBIRD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

DARFUR; SUDAN;

AVES;

EID: 78549286082     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.496803     Document Type: Article

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