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Remote sensing for rural development planning in AfricaMultilevel remote-sensing techniques were combined to provide land resource and land-use information for rural development planning in Arusha Region, Tanzania. Enhanced Landsat imagery, supplemented by low-level aerial survey data, slope angle data from topographic sheets, and existing reports on vegetation and soil conditions, was used jointly by image analysts and district-level land-management officials to divide the region's six districts into land-planning units. District-planning officials selected a number of these land-planning units for priority planning and development activities. For the priority areas, natural color aerial photographs provided detailed information for land-use planning discussions between district officials and villagers. Consideration of the efficiency of this remote sensing approach leads to general recommendations for similar applications. The technology and timing of data collection and interpretation activities should allow maximum participation by intended users of the information.
Document ID
19840037074
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Dunford, C.
(Arizona Remote Sensing Center Tucson, AZ, United States)
Mouat, D. A.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Norton-Griffiths, M.
(Ecosystems, Ltd. Nairobi, Kenya)
Slaymaker, D. M.
(Exploration Photography Tucson, AZ, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1983
Publication Information
Publication: ITC Journal
Issue: 2 19
ISSN: 0303-2434
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Accession Number
84A19861
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: AID-AFR-C-1556
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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