Effects of Recent Instability on Cultivated Area Along the Euphrates River in Iraq

Professional Geographer

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 163-176

  Gibson, Glen R ^a   Taylor, Nicole L ^a   Lamo, Nolan C ^a   Lackey, Jason K ^a  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; conflict; Iraq; land cover change; NDVI

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MODIS; NDVI; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL INSTABILITY; POST-WAR;

EUPHRATES RIVER; IRAQ;

EID: 84978525696     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2016.1194216     Document Type: Article

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