Dynamics of a coupled system: Multi-resolution remote sensing in assessing social-ecological responses during 25 years of gas field development in Arctic Russia

Remote Sensing

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1046-1068

  Kumpula, Timo ^a   Forbes, Bruce C ^b   Stammler, Florian ^b   Meschtyb, Nina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; ASTER; GeoEye; Land change; Landsat; Nomadism; Quickbird 2; SPOT; West siberia; Yamal nenets

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; LAND USE; OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; REMOTE SENSING;

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; ASTER; GEOEYE; LAND CHANGES; LANDSAT; NOMADISM; QUICKBIRD-2; SPOT; WEST SIBERIA; YAMAL NENETS;

LANDSAT;

EID: 84861318987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs4041046     Document Type: Article

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