Dynamics of land-use and land-cover change in Freetown, Sierra Leone and its effects on urban and peri-urban agriculture: a remote sensing approach

This paper presents findings of a land-use and land-cover (LULC) change mapping exercise conducted in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Nine LULC classes were mapped from multi-temporal Landsat data of 1974, 1986 and 2000. Special attention was given to the growth or otherwise of agricultural land in relation...

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Autores principales: Forkuor, Gerald, Cofie, Olufunke O.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Informa UK Limited 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40419

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