Assessing Land Degradation and Desertification Using Vegetation Index Data: Current Frameworks and Future Directions

Land degradation and desertification has been ranked as a major environmental and social issue for the coming decades. Thus, the observation and early detection of degradation is a primary objective for a number of scientific and policy organisations, with remote sensing methods being a candidate ch...

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Main Authors: Thomas P. Higginbottom, Elias Symeonakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-10-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/6/10/9552