Land use and transport network indicators in the assessment of the sustainability of urban areas

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4545, Issue , 2002, Pages 118-129

  Kasanko, Marjo ^a   Lavalle, Carlo ^a   Demicheli, Luca ^a   McCormick, Niall ^a   Turchini, Maddalena ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abandoned land; Assessments; Indicators; Land use; Sustainability; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; STATISTICAL METHODS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

TRAFFIC NETWORKS;

URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 0036395415     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.453663     Document Type: Conference Paper

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