Integration and visualization of the ecological value of rural landscapes in maintaining the physical environment of Japan

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-82

  Kato, Yoshitake ^a   Yokohari, Makoto ^a   Brown, Robert D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asia; Ecological functions; G.I.S.; Japan; Rural; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LAND EVALUATION; MAPPING; RURAL LANDSCAPE;

JAPAN;

EID: 0031427153     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(97)00026-1     Document Type: Article

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