Downscaling of land use change scenarios to assess the dynamics of European landscapes

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-56

  Verburg, Peter H ^a   Schulp, C J E ^a   Witte, N ^a   Veldkamp, A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Downscaling; Europe; Land use change; Landscape; Scenarios

Indexed keywords

DOWNSCALING; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; RURAL AREA;

EID: 33644517941     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2005.11.024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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