Analysis of coastal land use/land cover changes in the Indian Sunderbans using remotely sensed data

Geo-Spatial Information Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 241-250

  Datta, Debajit ^a,b   Deb, Shovik ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b TAKI GOVERNMENT COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Land use land cover changes; Landsat data; Sustainable mangrove management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; FORESTRY; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SEED; SHELLFISH; TOURISM;

CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT; LAND USE/LAND COVER CHANGE; LANDSAT; MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS; NON-AGRICULTURAL LANDS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; MANGROVE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

INDIA; SUNDARBANS NATIONAL PARK; WEST BENGAL;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84881013371     PISSN: 10095020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10095020.2012.714104     Document Type: Article

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