Impacts on the Urban Environment: Land Cover Change Trajectories and Landscape Fragmentation in Post-War Western Area, Sierra Leone

An influential underlying driver of human-induced landscape change is civil war and other forms of conflict that cause human displacement. Internally displaced persons (IDPs) increase environmental pressures at their destination locations while reducing them at their origins. This increased pressure...

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Main Authors: Solomon Peter Gbanie, Amy L. Griffin, Alec Thornton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-01-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/10/1/129