Natural Desert and Human Controlled Landscapes: Remote Sensing of LULC Response to Drought

abstract: Droughts are a common phenomenon of the arid South-west USA climate. Despite water limitations, the region has been substantially transformed by agriculture and urbanization. The water requirements to support these human activities along with the projected increase in droughts intensity an...

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Other Authors: Kaplan, Shai (Author)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.24759