Rapid urbanisation threatens fertile agricultural land and soil carbon in the Nile delta

Agriculture land in Egypt represents only 3.8% of the total area. The Nile delta provides two thirds of Egypt's agriculture land, but is threatened by urban sprawl. The paper aims to quantify urban expansion over a 45 year period using 6 time points from 1972 to 2017, and its impacts on agricul...

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Published in:	Journal of environmental management Vol. 252; p. 109668
Main Authors:	Abd-Elmabod, Sameh K., Fitch, Alice C., Zhang, Zhenhua, Ali, Ramadan R., Jones, Laurence
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier Ltd 15-12-2019
Subjects:	InVEST ecosystem services model NDVI Soil organic carbon Urban sprawl Water use Water use InVEST ecosystem services model Urban sprawl Soil organic carbon NDVI
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