Modelling the impact of land-cover change on potential soil loss in the Taita hills, Kenya, between 1987 and 2003 using remote-sensing and geospatial data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 5919-5945

  Erdogan, Hakki Emrah ^a,c   Pellikka, Petri K E ^b   Clark, Barnaby ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURVEYING;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; MOVEMENT OF PEOPLES; MULTISCALE SEGMENTATION; NATURAL VEGETATION; SATELLITE POUR L'OBSERVATION DE LA TERRE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GRASSLAND; POPULATION GROWTH; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHRUBLAND; SPATIAL DATA; VEGETATION COVER;

COAST PROVINCE; KENYA; TAITA HILLS;

EID: 82055185081     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.499379     Document Type: Article

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