Decadal land cover change dynamics in Bhutan

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 148, Issue , 2015, Pages 91-100

  Gilani, Hammad ^a,b   Shrestha, Him Lal ^a,c   Murthy, M S R ^a   Phuntso, Phuntso ^d   Pradhan, Sudip ^a   Bajracharya, Birendra ^a   Shrestha, Basanta ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^b LIAONING TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^d Royal Government of Bhutan   (Bhutan)

Author keywords

Harmonized legend; Land cover; Landsat; LCLU management; Satellite data

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE;

CHANGE DYNAMICS; HARMONIZED LEGEND; LAND COVER; LAND COVER AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT; LAND-COVER CHANGE; LAND-USE MANAGEMENT; LANDSAT; NATIONAL LEVEL; SATELLITE DATA;

LANDSAT;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; DECADAL VARIATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSAT; SATELLITE DATA; SCRUB;

ACCURACY; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BHUTAN; CLIMATE; DEFORESTATION; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; FOREST; GRASSLAND; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND USE; REFORESTATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SCRUB; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; REMOTE SENSING; TREE; TRENDS; URBANIZATION;

BHUTAN;

BHUTAN; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; TREES; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84918543933     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.02.014     Document Type: Article

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