Mapping recent built-up area changes in the city of Harare with high resolution satellite imagery

Applied Geography

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 35-44

  Wania, Annett ^a   Kemper, Thomas ^a   Tiede, Dirk ^b   Zeil, Peter ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Built up change; Harare; PANTEX; Satellite imagery; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAPPING; PARAMETERIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBANIZATION;

HARARE [HARARE (PRV)]; HARARE [ZIMBABWE]; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84887575049     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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