Modelling land-use change for Central America, with special reference to the impact of hurricane Mitch

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 53-69

  Kok, Kasper ^a   Winograd, Manuel ^b  

^a International Centre for Integrative Studies   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Central America; Geographical information system; Land use change; Model; Natural hazard; Scale

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HURRICANE; LAND USE; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURAL DISASTER;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 0037087674     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(01)00514-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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