Mixed methods in land change research: towards integration
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Mixed methods in land change research: towards integration
Land change science has been strongly influenced by geographers working in geographic information science (Gutman et al. 2004). These geographers typically employ GIS and remote sensing technology to determine the type and magnitude of naturaland human-induced changes on the landscape, focusing on changes in land cover (i.e. the biophysical aspects of land dynamics). As it has matured, however,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0020-2754
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2011.00482.x