Quantification of land-use dynamics: An illustration from Costa Rica

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-131

  Stoorvogel, J J ^a   Fresco, L O ^b  

^a REPOSA (CATIE WAU MAG)   (Costa Rica)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; GIS; Land cover; Land use dynamics; Markov chains

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GIS; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MARKOV CHAIN; MARKOV CHAIN MODEL; METHODOLOGICAL EVALUATION;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0030452568     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-145X(199606)7:2<121::AID-LDR222>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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