Evaluating urban land cover change in the hurghada area, Egypt, by using gis and remote sensing

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-68

  Kamh, Samir ^a   Ashmawy, Mahmoud ^a   Kilias, Adamantios ^b   Basile, Christaras ^b  

^a Tanta University   (Egypt)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPANSION; LAND USE; LITHOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; URBAN GROWTH;

ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPERS; GIS AND REMOTE SENSING; LAND COVER INFORMATIONS; LAND USE/LAND COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; POPULATION PRESSURE; POST-CLASSIFICATION COMPARISONS; RAPID URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ASTER; DATA SET; GIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAP; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

AL GHURDAQAH; EGYPT; HURGHADA; RED SEA [(GVR) EGYPT];

EID: 82155171348     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.550331     Document Type: Article

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