Land use/land cover change and implications for ecosystems services in the Likangala River Catchment, Malawi

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 93, Issue , 2016, Pages 96-103

  Pullanikkatil, Deepa ^a,b   Palamuleni, Lobina G ^b   Ruhiiga, Tabukeli M ^b  

^a Leadership for Environment and Development   (Malawi)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ecosystems services; Land cover change; Land use; Likangala River; Malawi; Provisioning services

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION STATISTICS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER RESOURCES;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM DEGRADATION; LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE; LAND USE/LAND COVER CHANGE; LAND-COVER CHANGE; MALAWI; POST-CLASSIFICATION COMPARISONS; PROVISIONING SERVICES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CATCHMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GIS; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SERVICE PROVISION;

LIKANGALA RIVER; MALAWI;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84976542615     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2016.03.002     Document Type: Article

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