Assessment of land degradation east of the Nile Delta, Egypt using remote sensing and GIS techniques

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2843-2853

  Mohamed, E S ^a   Belal, A ^a   Saleh, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL AUTHORITY FOR REMOTE SENSING AND SPACE SCIENCES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Degradation risk; GIS; Nile Delta; Remote sensing; Soil map; Spatial land degradation model

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALKALINIZATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DECISION MAKING; DRAINAGE; GIS; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND RECLAMATION; LAND USE PLANNING; REMOTE SENSING; SALINIZATION;

EGYPT; NILE DELTA;

EID: 84881447974     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-012-0553-2     Document Type: Article

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