The Kiruna-Narvik Road and its impact on the environment and on recreational land use

Ambio

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 345-350

  Bäck, Lennart ^a   Jonasson, Christer ^b  

^a Box 1003 ^*  (Sweden)

^b ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND USE; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; ROAD CONSTRUCTION;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0031823021     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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