Urbanization and agricultural land loss in India: Comparing satellite estimates with census data

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 148, Issue , 2015, Pages 53-66

  Pandey, Bhartendu ^a   Seto, Karen C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural census; Cultivated land; Land conversion; Land use change; MODIS; Night time lights (NTL)

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; LAND USE; POPULATION STATISTICS; RADIOMETERS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN GROWTH;

AGRICULTURAL CENSUS; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CENSUS DATA; CULTIVATED LANDS; LAND CONVERSION; LAND LOSS; LANDUSE CHANGE; MODIS; NIGHT TIME LIGHT; NIGHT TIME LIGHTS;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CENSUS; ECONOMETRICS; LAND USE CHANGE; MODIS; SATELLITE DATA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL LAND LOSS; AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTIVATED LAND; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INDIA; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; TRENDS;

INDIA;

CENSUSES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INDIA; POPULATION GROWTH; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84918503819     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.05.014     Document Type: Article

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