Land degradation risk assessment of El Fayoum depression, Egypt

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2767-2776

  Ali, R R ^a   Abdel Kawy, W A M ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; El Fayoum; GIS; Physiography; Remote sensing; Soil degradation

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; DATA SET; GIS; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALINITY; SOFTWARE; SOIL DEGRADATION; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER TABLE; WATERLOGGING;

EGYPT; FAIYUM [EGYPT];

EID: 84881449426     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-012-0524-7     Document Type: Article

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