Remote sensing and geospatial technologies in support of a normative land system science: status and prospects

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 38, Issue , 2019, Pages 44-52

  Dong, Jinwei ^a   Metternicht, Graciela ^b   Hostert, Patrick ^c   Fensholt, Rasmus ^d   Chowdhury, Rinku Roy ^e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DIGITAL MAPPING; GLOBAL TRADE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; TIME SERIES; TRADE AGREEMENT; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 85066248738     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2019.05.003     Document Type: Review

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