Definitions and mapping of East African Wetlands: A Review

Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 5256-5282

  Amler, Esther ^a   Schmidt, Michael ^b   Menz, Gunter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

East Africa; Land use land cover classifications; Wetland definitions; Wetland mapping

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD SUPPLY; LAND USE; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING;

CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES; EAST AFRICA; LAND USE/LAND COVER; RAPID TRANSFORMATIONS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; STANDARD DEFINITIONS; SUSTAINABLE WETLANDS;

WETLANDS;

EID: 84930037886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs70505256     Document Type: Review

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