Dynamics of land-use and land-cover change in Freetown, Sierra Leone and its effects on urban and peri-urban agriculture - a remote sensing approach

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1017-1037

  Forkuor, Gerald ^a   Cofie, Olufunke ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BUILT-UP AREAS; EVERGREEN FORESTS; LAND USE AND LAND COVER; LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE; MULTI-TEMPORAL; REMOTE SENSING APPROACHES; URBAN AND PERI-URBAN AGRICULTURES;

LAND USE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DEFORESTATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; MAPPING METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; URBANIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; DEFORESTATION; GRASS LANDS; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SIERRA LEONE;

FREETOWN; SIERRA LEONE; WESTERN AREA;

EID: 79952388704     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160903505302     Document Type: Article

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