A synthesis of studies on land use and land cover dynamics during 1930–2015 in bangladesh

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1-20

  Rai, Raju ^a,b   Zhang, Yili ^a,b,c   Paudel, Basanta ^a   Li, Shicheng ^d   Khanal, Narendra Raj ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^e TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Land cover; Land use; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040707635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su9101866     Document Type: Article

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