FACTORING WATER HARVESTING INTO CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: ENDOGENOUS RESPONSES BY SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN GWANDA DISTRICT, ZIMBABWE

Factoring water harvesting into climate change adaptation: Endogenous responses by smallholder farmers in Gwanda district, Zimbabwe

Climate change in the form of temperature increases and rainfall variability has intensified in the last three decades.Recent studies in Southern Africa (of which Zimbabwe is part) have indicated the extreme vulnerabilities of smallholder farmers to the impact of climate change and recommended that appropriate adaptation measures be put in place.In

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Hyperspectral Sensor Data Capability for Retrieving Complex Urban Land Cover in Comparison with Multispectral Data: Venice City Case Study (Italy)

This study aims at comparing the capability of different sensors to detect land cover materials within an historical urban center.The main objective is to evaluate the added value of hyperspectral sensors in mapping a complex urban context.In this study we used: (a) the ALI and Hyperion satellite data, (b) the LANDSAT ETM+ satellite data, (c) MIVIS

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