Urban and peri-urban agriculture in developing countries studied using remote sensing and in situ methods

Remote Sensing

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 497-513

  Addo, Kwasi Appeaning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Accra Ghana; Food security; Remote sensing; Sustainable monitoring; Urban peri urban farming

Indexed keywords

ACCRA-GHANA; FOOD SECURITY; GROUND BASED; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; IN-SITU METHODS; INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; INTEGRATED MONITORING; LOW COSTS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SCARCE RESOURCES; SURVEY METHODS; SUSTAINABLE MONITORING; SUSTAINABLE POLICIES; URBAN/PERI-URBAN FARMING;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FARMS; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH; REMOTE SENSING;

SPACE OPTICS;

EID: 80051771793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs2020497     Document Type: Article

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