Land cover changes induced by demining operations in Halgurd-Sakran national park in the Kurdistan region of Iraq

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2018, Pages

  Hamad, Rahel ^a   Kolo, Kamal ^a   Balzter, Heiko ^b  

^a SORAN UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Land cover changes; Landmines; Mine awareness education; Rural urban migration; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; GIS; INDUCED RESPONSE; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; LANDMINE; LANDSAT; NATIONAL PARK; POPULATION GROWTH; REMOTE SENSING; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SATELLITE DATA; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; WEAPON;

BAGHDAD [IRAQ]; IRAQ; KURDISTAN [IRAQ];

EID: 85049909497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su10072422     Document Type: Article

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