Land use/cover change at Infraz Watershed, Northwestren Ethiopia

Journal of Landscape Ecology(Czech Republic)

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 69-83

  Sewnet, Amare ^a  

^a BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Classification; Infraz watershed; Land cover use; Landsat images; Population increase

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042550052     PISSN: 18032427     EISSN: 18054196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jlecol-2015-0005     Document Type: Article

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