Land use/cover disturbance due to tourism in Jeseníky Mountain, Czech Republic: A remote sensing and GIS based approach

Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 17-26

  Boori, Mukesh Singh ^a   Voženílek, Vít ^a   Choudhary, Komal ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

GIS; Land cover classification; Remote sensing; Tourism

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING;

CONSERVATION AREAS; LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION; LAND USE AND LAND COVER; LAND-COVER CHANGE; NATIONAL POLICIES; REMOTE SENSING AND GIS; SPECTRAL CLASSIFICATION; TOURISM;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GIS; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOFTWARE;

CZECH REPUBLIC; JESENIKY MOUNTAINS; SUDETES;

EID: 84943359765     PISSN: 11109823     EISSN: 20902476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrs.2014.12.002     Document Type: Article

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