Exploring natural and anthropogenic risk for cultural heritage in Cyprus using remote sensing and GIS

International Journal of Digital Earth

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-142

  Hadjimitsis, Diofantos ^a   Agapiou, Athos ^a   Alexakis, Dimitrios ^a   Sarris, Apostolos ^b  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b Laboratory of Geophysical Satellite Remote Sensing and Archaeo environment (IMS FORTH)   (Greece)

Author keywords

anthropogenic risk; cultural heritage conservation; geographical information systems; monitoring; natural risk; satellite images

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; HAZARDS; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; LAND USE; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; MONITORING; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITES; URBAN GROWTH;

CULTURAL HERITAGE CONSERVATION; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MULTIVARIATE RISK ASSESSMENTS; NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC HAZARDS; NATURAL RISKS; REMOTELY SENSED IMAGES; SATELLITE IMAGES; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CULTURAL HERITAGE; CULTURAL TRADITION; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATURAL HAZARD; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CYPRUS;

EID: 84874144789     PISSN: 17538947     EISSN: 17538955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2011.602119     Document Type: Article

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