Mapping syndromes of land change in Spain with remote sensing time series, demographic and climatic data

Land Use Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 685-702

  Stellmes, M ^a   Roder A ^a   Udelhoven, T ^a   Hill, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drylands; Ecosystem services; EU; Land cover change; NDVI; NOAA AVHRR; Spain; Syndromes

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; BOUNDARY CONDITION; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPLOITATION; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

SPAIN;

EID: 84862175733     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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