Use of remote sensing and GIS for improved natural resources management: case study from different agroecological zones of West Africa

Historical and recent aerial photograph and satellite images were analysed to study the change of land use/land cover and soil degradation in different agroecological zones of Nigeria and Benin. The sites were characterized by an expansion of farmland at the expense of forest and shrub, fallow and u...

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Main Authors: Junge, B., Alabi, T., Sonder, Kai, Marcus, S., Abaidoo, Robert C., Chikoye, David, Stahr, Karl
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Informa UK Limited 2010
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89354

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