Multi-temporal assessment of land sensitivity to desertification in a fragile agro-ecosystem: Environmental indicators

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 271-280

  Bakr, Noura ^a,c   Weindorf, David C ^a   Bahnassy, Mohamed H ^b   El Badawi, Mohamed M ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Alexandria University   (Egypt)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Desertification; Egypt; Environmental sensitivity area index; Land cover change; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

DESERTIFICATION; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY AREA INDEX; LAND-COVER CHANGE; QUALITY INDICATORS;

CLIMATOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; IRRIGATION; LAND USE; PRODUCTIVITY; RECLAMATION; TIME SERIES; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

LAND RECLAMATION;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA SET; DESERT; DESERTIFICATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IRRIGATION; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND RECLAMATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL QUALITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER; WATER QUALITY;

EGYPT;

EID: 80155156947     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.09.034     Document Type: Article

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