Land-use and land-cover changes in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia: Assessment of perception and adaptation of stakeholders

Applied Geography

Volumn 65, Issue , 2015, Pages 28-37

  Ariti, Adenew Taffa ^a,b   van Vliet, Jasper ^a   Verburg, Peter H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Driving factors; Historic land use; Impacts; Land change; Land cover; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; PERCEPTION; REMOTE SENSING; STAKEHOLDER;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT; ETHIOPIA; ETHIOPIAN RIFT;

AVES;

EID: 84944810373     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.10.002     Document Type: Article

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