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In any environment, a large part of a development project is devoted to gathering and interpreting information on land resources and land use.
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Hutchinson, C.F. (1985). Remote Sensing for Arid Zone Developing. In: Gradus, Y. (eds) Desert Development. The GeoJournal Library, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5396-3_13
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