Application of remote sensing and participatory soil erosion assessment approach for soil erosion mapping in a watershed

Walailak Journal of Science and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 689-702

  Bhandari, Krishna Prasad ^a   Darnsawasdi, Rotchanatch ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Erosion damaged assessment (EDA); Land use and land cover (LULC); Participatory geographic information system (PGIS); Revised universal soil loss equation (RUSLE); Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936940295     PISSN: 16863933     EISSN: 2228835X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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