Climate change and land degradation in Africa: A case study in the Mount Elgon region, Uganda

Geo-Spatial Information Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-53

  Jiang, Boyi ^a   Bamutaze, Yazidhi ^b   Pilesjö, Petter ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

ASTER; Climate change; Revised universal soil loss equation RUSLE; Soil erosion; Uganda

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; EROSION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ASTER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION DATA; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATIONS; SOIL EROSION; UGANDA;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ASTER; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; SOIL EROSION;

MOUNT ELGON; UGANDA;

EID: 84987940070     PISSN: 10095020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10095020.2014.889271     Document Type: Article

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