<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Assessing the inter-relationship between vegetation productivity, rainfall, population and land cover over the Bani River Basin in Mali (West Africa)"^^ . "This research investigated the inter-relationship between vegetation productivity, measured using\r\nthe Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), change in rainfall and population density in the context of\r\nperceived greening and degradation trends over the Bani River Basin (BRB). A 30-year (1982-2011), 8-km\r\ngridded rainfall data sets was produced by inverse distance weighted (IDW) interpolation of monthly data from\r\n40 meteorological stations contained within the basin. Population data were retrieved from the National\r\nPopulation Statistic data base for 1987, 1997, and 2009. Rainfall and NDVI time-series trends were computed\r\nfor the 30-year period and analysed. The relationship between rainfall and NDVI at pixel level, and NDVI and\r\npopulation densities was analysed using a Pearson correlation. Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) conversion\r\nrates were computed for the same period using multi-temporal 30-meter Landsat imagery; ground surveys for\r\nselected areas within the basin were used for further cross-verification. The computed NDVI trends revealed\r\nthat, vegetation 'greening' trends are mostly associated with areas where natural vegetation is still well\r\nrepresented. Concurrent with increases in rainfall over the period analysed, this finding supports the hypothesis\r\nthat re-greening observed in that area is the result of multi-decadal fluctuations in climate, rather than improved\r\nland management."^^ . "2015" . . "5" . "6" . . "International organization of Scientific Research"^^ . . . "IOSR Journal of Engineering"^^ . . . "22788719" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "T"^^ . "Landmann"^^ . "T Landmann"^^ . . "P C S"^^ . "Traore"^^ . "P C S Traore"^^ . . "S S"^^ . "Traore"^^ . "S S Traore"^^ . . "E K"^^ . "Forkue"^^ . "E K Forkue"^^ . . . . . . "Assessing the inter-relationship between vegetation productivity, rainfall, population and land cover over the Bani River Basin in Mali (West Africa) (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Assessing the inter-relationship between vegetation productivity, rainfall, population and land cover over the Bani River Basin in Mali (West Africa) (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "Assessing the inter-relationship between vegetation productivity, rainfall, population and land cover over the Bani River Basin in Mali (West Africa) (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "Assessing the inter-relationship between vegetation productivity, rainfall, population and land cover over the Bani River Basin in Mali (West Africa) (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "Assessing the inter-relationship between vegetation productivity, rainfall, population and land cover over the Bani River Basin in Mali (West Africa) (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "Assessing the inter-relationship between vegetation productivity, rainfall, population and land cover over the Bani River Basin in Mali (West Africa) (Other)"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #9316 \n\nAssessing the inter-relationship between vegetation productivity, rainfall, population and land cover over the Bani River Basin in Mali (West Africa)\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics"@en . .