Sociopolitical influences on cropland area change in Iraq, 2001-2012

Applied Geography

Volumn 62, Issue , 2015, Pages 339-346

  Gibson, Glen R ^a   Campbell, James B ^b   Zipper, Carl E ^b  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cultivation; Food imports; Land use land cover change; MODIS

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; CULTIVATION; DROUGHT; IMPORT; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MODIS; POLITICAL CHANGE;

IRAQ;

EID: 84930641942     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.05.007     Document Type: Article

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