Integrating Remote Sensing, GIS, Census, and Socioeconomic Data in Studying the Population-Land Use/Cover Nexus in Ghana: A Literature Update

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Title:	Integrating Remote Sensing, GIS, Census, and Socioeconomic Data in Studying the Population-Land Use/Cover Nexus in Ghana: A Literature Update
Author:	Codjoe, Samuel Nii Ardey
Year:	2007
Periodical:	Africa Development: A Quarterly Journal of CODESRIA (ISSN 0850-3907)
Volume:	32
Issue:	2
Pages:	197-212
Language:	English
Notes:	biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:	Ghana West Africa
Subjects:	remote sensing statistics land use geography Geographic information systems population
External link:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/afrdevafrdev.32.2.197
Abstract:	Remotely sensed data (mainly from aerial photographs and satellite images) in combination with Geographical Information Systems (GIS) have been observed to have potential scientific value for the study of population-environment interaction. This paper provides a literature update on how Remote Sensing, GIS, census (mainly population and agricultural) and socioeconomic (household, district and regional) survey data have been integrated in studying the population-land use/cover nexus in Ghana. It also identifies the major methodological challenges, and solutions provided by some researchers in this area of scientific enquiry. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract, edited]