Zoning and fragmentation of agricultural and forest land use on residential parcels in Monroe County, Indiana

Geography Research Forum

Volumn 22, Issue , 2002, Pages 91-109

  Croissant, Cynthia ^a   Munroe, Darla ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS and remote sensing; Land use land cover; Landscape fragmentation; Urban sprawl; Zoning

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; FOREST; FRAGMENTATION; GIS; LAND USE; ZONING;

INDIANA; MONROE COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036985279     PISSN: 03335275     EISSN: 24148725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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