Is remote sensing useful for finding and monitoring urban farms?

Applied Geography

Volumn 80, Issue , 2017, Pages 23-33

  Brown, M E ^a   McCarty, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dakar; Detroit; Harare; Ho Chi Minh city; Landsat; MODIS; Urban and peri urban agriculture; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RESOLUTION; LANDSAT; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; URBAN AGRICULTURE; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION;

DAKAR [DAKAR (RGA)]; DAKAR [SENEGAL]; DETROIT; HARARE [HARARE (PRV)]; HARARE [ZIMBABWE]; HO CHI MINH CITY; MICHIGAN; SENEGAL; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 85011715826     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2017.01.008     Document Type: Article

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