Abstract
A gradual decline in formal economic activity in the Zambian Copperbelt has resulted in increasing levels of poverty. The impacts of poverty on the environment have been mapped using Landsat MSS, ETM and ETM+ images. Changes in the environment have been traced over a period of nearly thirty years and have been assessed by patch analysis. This approach has shown that landscape patches in the Copperbelt are becoming increasingly complex in shape and smaller in size. The natural land cover, miombo woodland, is increasingly fragmented, posing a threat to biodiversity and the well-being of local communities.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | IGARSS 2004 |
| Subtitle of host publication | 2004 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium |
| Place of Publication | Piscataway, NJ |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Pages | 2290-2293 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Volume | 4 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0-7803-8742-2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 24 Sept 2004 |
| Event | 2004 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2004 - Anchorage, United States Duration: 20 Sept 2004 → 24 Sept 2004 |
Conference
| Conference | 2004 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2004 |
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| Abbreviated title | IGARSS 2004 |
| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Anchorage |
| Period | 20/09/04 → 24/09/04 |
Keywords
- Data analysis
- Satellites
- Remote sensing
- Agriculture
- Copper
- Cities and towns
- Vegetation mapping
- Africa
- Environmental economics
- Shape
- n/a OA procedure
- ADLIB-ART-1193
- ESA
