Understanding forest loss and recovery: a spatiotemporal analysis of land change in and around Bannerghatta National Park, India

Journal of Land Use Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 402-424

  Adhikari, Sanchayeeta ^a   Southworth, Jane ^b   Nagendra, Harini ^c  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c AZIM PREMJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

India; land use land cover change; national park; reforestation; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

FOREST COVER; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; NATIONAL PARK; REFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

BANNERGHATTA NATIONAL PARK; INDIA;

EID: 84945456422     PISSN: 1747423X     EISSN: 17474248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2014.920425     Document Type: Article

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