Mapping built-up areas using two band ratio on landsat imagery of accra in Ghana from 1980 to 2017

Applied Ecology and Environmental Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 13147-13168

  Twumasi, N Y D ^a,b   Shao, Z ^a   Altan, O ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Wa Polytechnic   (Ghana)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Band combination; Band index; Long term images; Urban change rate; Urban growth rate; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85077358447     PISSN: 15891623     EISSN: 17850037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15666/aeer/1706_1314713168     Document Type: Article

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