Urban Vegetation Cover and Vegetation Change in Accra, Ghana: Connection to Housing Quality

Professional Geographer

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 451-465

  Stow, Douglas A ^a   Weeks, John R ^a   Toure, Sory ^a   Coulter, Lloyd L ^a   Lippitt, Christopher D ^a   Ashcroft, Eric ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accra; Ghana; remote sensing; satellite; socioeconomic status; urban vegetation

Indexed keywords

LAND USE CHANGE; NDVI; NEIGHBORHOOD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN AREA; URBAN HOUSING; VEGETATION COVER;

ACCRA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA;

EID: 84879179189     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2012.697856     Document Type: Article

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