Land use/Land cover changes and their causes in Libokemkem District of South Gonder, Ethiopia

Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages 224-230

  Demissie, Fikirte ^a,b   Yeshitila, Kumelachew ^a   Kindu, Mengistie ^c   Schneider, Thomas ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Area closure; Community; Ethiopia; GIS; Image; Landsat

Indexed keywords

EID: 85033666269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23529385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rsase.2017.10.001     Document Type: Article

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