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Original Articles

Monitoring of urban growth of a desert city through remote sensing: Al-Ain, UAE, between 1976 and 2000

Pages 1063-1076 | Received 14 Nov 2002, Accepted 24 Mar 2003, Published online: 03 Jun 2010

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