Using remotely sensed data to map variability in health and wealth indicators in Accra, Ghana

2011 Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event, JURSE 2011 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 145-148

  Engstrom, Ryan ^a   Ashcroft, Eric ^a   Jewell, Henry ^a   Rain, David ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILT-UP AREAS; COOKING FUELS; DEVELOPING WORLD; MAPPING VARIATIONS; MULTI-SPECTRAL; POPULATION DENSITIES; QUICKBIRD IMAGES; REGRESSION TREES; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; REMOTELY SENSED IMAGERY; SMALL AREA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STRONG CORRELATION; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; POPULATION STATISTICS; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

HEALTH;

EID: 79957651807     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/JURSE.2011.5764740     Document Type: Conference Paper

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