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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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Informa UK Limited
2011
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40419 |
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