Land Cover Change and Remote Sensing in the Classroom: An Exercise to Study Urban Growth

Journal of Geography

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 113-122

  Delahunty, Tina ^a   Lewis Gonzales, Sarah ^a   Phelps, Jack ^a   Sawicki, Ben ^b   Roberts, Charles ^c   Carpenter, Penny ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Aldine Independent School District   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

geographic information systems; land cover change; remote sensing; secondary education; urban growth

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; GIS; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STUDENT; URBAN GROWTH; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84859567676     PISSN: 00221341     EISSN: 17526868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221341.2011.626996     Document Type: Article

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