Journal article
A Multi-Scale Geospatial Study of Wetlands Distribution and Agricultural Zones, and the Case of India
Abstract
This paper highlights the global and the regional scale representation of wetlands ecosystems using geospatial tools and multiple data sets. At global scale, the Ramsar database is investigated for representation of the wetlands sites of international importance against the “global agricultural zones” derived from the thematic aggregation of Global Irrigated Area Map databases. The analysis of “Ramsar sites” under cultivation reflects the …
Authors
Nagabhatla N; Wickramasuriya R; Prasad N; Finlayson CM
Journal
Tropical Conservation Science, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 344–360
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
September 2010
DOI
10.1177/194008291000300308
ISSN
1940-0829