Vegetation change and fragmentation in the mega city of Delhi: Mapping 25 years of change

Applied Geography

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 153-166

  Paul, Somajita ^a,b   Nagendra, Harini ^c  

^a ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^b MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c AZIM PREMJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Land cover change; South Asia; Urban institutions; Urban sprawl; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

FRAGMENTATION; GREENSPACE; LAND COVER; PERIPHERAL REGION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 84923311885     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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