Detecting land use/land cover changes in the Lake Hayq (Ethiopia) drainage basin, 1957-2007

Lakes and Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-18

  Yesuf, Hassen M ^a   Assen, Mohammed ^b   Melesse, Assefa M ^c   Alamirew, Tena ^d  

^a WOLLO UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Ethiopia; Lake Hayq; Land cover change; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DETECTION METHOD; DRAINAGE BASIN; GIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ETHIOPIA; LAKE HAYQ;

EID: 84925302384     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: 14401770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lre.12082     Document Type: Article

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