Mapping of environmental vulnerability of desertification by adaptation of the medalus method in the endoreic area of gadaine (eastern Algeria)

Geographia Technica

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Bouhata, Rabah ^a   Kalla, Mahdi ^a  

^a University Banta 2   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Desertification; Gadaine; GIS; MEDALUS method; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CARTOGRAPHY; DESERTIFICATION; GIS; LAND USE PLANNING; MAPPING; SALINITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

ALGERIA;

EID: 84908345135     PISSN: 18425135     EISSN: 20654421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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