Inter-regional pattern of urbanization in southern Ghana in the first decade of the new millennium

Applied Geography

Volumn 71, Issue , 2016, Pages 32-43

  Stow, Douglas A ^a   Weeks, John R ^a   Shih, Hsiao Chien ^a   Coulter, Lloyd L ^a   Johnson, Harry ^a   Tsai, Yu Hsin ^a   Kerr, Andrew ^a   Benza, Magdalena ^a   Mensah, Foster ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Africa; Ghana; Land cover and land use change; Landsat; Population growth; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; METROPOLITAN AREA; POPULATION GROWTH; URBANIZATION;

GHANA;

EID: 84964303814     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.04.006     Document Type: Article

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