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Dynamics of land-use and land-cover change in Freetown, Sierra Leone and its effects on urban and peri-urban agriculture – a remote sensing approach

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Pages 1017-1037 | Received 04 Mar 2009, Accepted 20 Nov 2009, Published online: 04 Mar 2011

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