Dynamics of rural landscapes and their main driving factors: A case study in the Seine Valley, Normandy, France

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 93-103

  Poudevigne, Isabelle ^a   Van Rooij, Sabine ^b   Morin, Pierre ^a   Alard, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cartography; Landscape dynamics; Landscape organisation; Multivariate analysis; Nature conservation; Normandy; Rural landscape; Seine Valley; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; GIS; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDCOVER PATTERN; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; RURAL AREA; RURAL LANDSCAPE;

FRANCE; NORMANDY; SEINE RIVER VALLEY;

EID: 0031451623     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(97)00025-X     Document Type: Article

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