Post-War Land Cover Changes and Fragmentation in Halgurd Sakran National Park (HSNP), Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Context: The fundamental driving force of land use and land cover (LULC) change is related to spatial and temporal processes caused by human activities such as agricultural expansion and demographic change. Landscape metrics were used to analyze post-war changes in a rural mountain landscape, the pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rahel Hamad, Kamal Kolo, Heiko Balzter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-03-01
Series:Land
Subjects:
GIS
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/7/1/38