A synthesis of remote sensing and local knowledge approaches in land degradation assessment in the Bawku East District, Ghana

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 204-213

  Yiran, G A B ^a   Kusimi, J M ^a   Kufogbe, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Bawku east district deforestation desertification image change detection land degradation remote sensing satellite image classification

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; DESERTIFICATION; GIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; KNOWLEDGE; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

BAWKU; GHANA; UPPER EAST REGION;

EID: 84864408388     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2011.09.016     Document Type: Article

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