Assessing land-use changes driven by river dynamics in chronically flood affected Upper Brahmaputra plains, India, using RS-GIS techniques

Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 107-118

  Hazarika, Nabajit ^a   Das, Apurba Kumar ^a   Borah, Suranjana Bhaswati ^a  

^a TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Hybrid classification; Land use change; River dynamics; Upper Brahmaputra

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DEPOSITION; DYNAMICS; EROSION; FLOODS; LAND USE; RIVERS;

BRAHMAPUTRA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES; EROSION AND DEPOSITION; EROSION DEPOSITION; HYBRID CLASSIFICATION; LAND-USE CHANGE; LANDUSE CLASSIFICATIONS; RIVER DYNAMICS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

CLASSIFICATION; FLOODING; GIS; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER FLOW; SATELLITE DATA;

BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER;

EID: 84943360113     PISSN: 11109823     EISSN: 20902476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrs.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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