Monitoring land use and land cover change in mountain regions: An example in the Jalca grasslands of the Peruvian Andes

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-49

  Tovar, Carolina ^a,c   Seijmonsbergen, Arie C ^b   Duivenvoorden, Joost F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AGRARIA LA MOLINA   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elevation gradient; Land use change; Landscape analysis; Object based classification; Tropical Andes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; TROPICS;

ELEVATION GRADIENT; LAND-USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS; OBJECT-BASED CLASSIFICATIONS; TROPICAL ANDES;

LAND USE;

BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; MONITORING; MONTANE FOREST; MOUNTAIN REGION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SHRUBLAND; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; TROPICS;

ANDES; PERU;

EID: 84875245641     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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