Effects of topography on status and changes in land-cover patterns, Chongqing City, China

Landscape and Ecological Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 125-135

  Zhao, Yi ^a   Tomita, Mizuki ^a   Hara, Keitarou ^a   Fujihara, Michiro ^b   Yang, YongChuan ^c   Da, LiangJun ^d  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^c CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural land; Land cover classification; Landsat; Urbanization; Vegetated area

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893769849     PISSN: 18601871     EISSN: 1860188X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11355-011-0155-2     Document Type: Article

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