Remote sensing and GIS for land use/cover mapping and integrated land management: Case from the middle Ganga plain

Frontiers of Earth Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-176

  Singh, R B ^a   Kumar, Dilip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

GIS; integrated land management; land use cover; middle Ganga plain; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; POLICY MAKING; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; VULNERABILITY;

GANGETIC PLAIN;

EID: 84864140310     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-012-0319-x     Document Type: Article

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