Relations between the land use and land capability classification in Küşük Menderes River Basin

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 17-26

  Gülersoy, Ali Ekber ^a   Gümüş, Nevzat ^a   Sönmez, M Emin ^b   Gündüzoʇlu, Gökhan ^c  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KILIS 7 ARALIK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Kar iyaka Municipality   (Turkey)

Author keywords

GIS; Kucuk menderes river basin; Land capability classes; Land use; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND TYPE; LAND USE; RIVER BASIN; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

IZMIR [TURKEY]; KUCUK MENDERES BASIN; TURKEY;

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; RIVER; TURKEY;

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; RIVERS; TURKEY;

EID: 84920438943     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: 23940379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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