Planning for the rehabilitation of brownfield sites: A landscape ecological perspective

Brownfield Sites II: Assessment, Rehabilitation and Development

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 21-30

  Lafortezza, R ^a   Sanesi, G ^a   Pace, B ^a   Corry, R C ^b   Brown, R D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brownfields rehabilitation; GIS spatial models; Landscape ecology

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NATURAL RESOURCES; REMEDIATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; VEGETATION;

BROWNFIELDS REHABILITATION; GIS-SPATIAL MODELS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; WILDLIFE POPULATIONS;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 12244283358     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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