Using RS and GIS to predict and evaluate effects of land use changes on ecological service in semi-desert areas

International Journal of Digital Content Technology and its Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 69-76

  Wang, HaiXing ^a   Zang, KeBin ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological service value (ESV); GIS; Land use cover change (LUCC); Markov prediction process; RS

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AVERAGE; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; CHANGING TRENDS; CULTIVATED LANDS; ECOLOGICAL SERVICES; EVALUATION SYSTEM; INTERANNUAL; LAND USE TYPE; LAND USE/COVER CHANGE; LAND-USE CHANGE; NATIONAL POLICIES; PREDICTION PROCESS; RS; RS AND GIS; SATELLITE IMAGES; STUDY AREAS; UNIT PRICES;

FARMS; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; SOIL CONSERVATION;

LAND USE;

EID: 84863327925     PISSN: 19759339     EISSN: 22339310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4156/jdcta.vol6.issue11.9     Document Type: Article

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