MONITORING THE RATE OF EXPANSION OF AGRICULTURAL FIELDS IN MWEKERA FOREST RESERVE USING REMOTE SENSING AND GIS
Rapid population growth and rural-urban migration amidst limited job opportunities lead to conversion of land from forests into agriculture and other land uses. In this study, Zambia’s Mwekera national forest reserve was used as a case study to assess the rate of expansion of agricultural fields usi...
Main Authors: | K. Kanja, M. Mwemba, K. Malunga |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2019-07-01
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Series: | The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences |
Online Access: | https://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XLII-3-W6/377/2019/isprs-archives-XLII-3-W6-377-2019.pdf |
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