Mapping and monitoring the Akagera wetland in Rwanda

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Ndayisaba, Felix ^a,b,c   Nahayo, Lamek ^a,b   Guo, Hao ^a,b   Bao, Anming ^a   Kayiranga, Alphonse ^a,b,c   Karamage, Fidele ^a,b,c   Nyesheja, Enan M ^a,c  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Independent Institute of Lay Adventists of Kigali   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

Akagera Complex Wetland; GIS; Monitoring and mapping; Remote sensing; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GIS; GRASS; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LANDSAT; MAPPING METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE SENSOR; SEDGE; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SWAMP FOREST; WETLAND; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

RWANDA; TANZANIA;

CYPERUS PAPYRUS;

EID: 85013414371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su9020174     Document Type: Article

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