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Using remote sensing data to monitor land cover changes near Afghan refugee camps in northern Pakistan

Mahtab A. Lodhi Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies, Conservation and Survey Division, Institute of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 68588–0517, U.S.A.
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Fernando R. Echavarria Department of Geography, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 68588–0135, U.S.A.
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Chris Keithley Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies, Conservation and Survey Division, Institute of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 68588–0517, U.S.A.
Pages 33-39 | Published online: 17 Sep 2008

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