Dynamics of land cover/land use changes in the Mekong Delta, 1973-2011: A Remote sensing analysis of the Tran Van Thoi District, Ca Mau Province, Vietnam

Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 2899-2925

  Tran, Hanh ^a,b   Tran, Thuc ^c   Kervyn, Matthieu ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b HANOI UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND GEOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^c Hydrology and Environment   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Ca Mau; Cultivated lands; Land cover land use change; Landsat; Mangrove; Melaleuca; Remote sensing; SPOT; Tran Van Thoi

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; CALCIUM; DYNAMICS; ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; LAKES; LAND USE; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CULTIVATED LANDS; LAND-COVER/LAND-USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; MANGROVE; MELALEUCA; SPOT; TRAN VAN THOI;

REMOTE SENSING;

CULTIVATION; LAND USE; MANGROVE; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84926362426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs70302899     Document Type: Article

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