Spatial and Temporal Land Cover Changes in the Simen Mountains National Park, a World Heritage Site in Northwestern Ethiopia

Spatial and Temporal Land Cover Changes in the Simen Mountains National Park, a World Heritage Site in Northwestern Ethiopia

The trend of land cover (LC) and land cover change (LCC), both in time and space, was investigated at the Simen Mountains National Park (SMNP), a World Heritage Site located in northern Ethiopia, between 1984 and 2003 using Geographical Information System (GIS) and remote sensing (RS). The objective...

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Main Authors: Menale Wondie, Werner Schneider, Demel Teketay, Assefa M. Melesse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-04-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
change analysis
GIS
land cover
land cover change
Landsat
remote sensing
supervised classification
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/3/4/752/

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