Effects of postsocialist reforms on land cover and land use in South-Eastern Albania

Applied Geography

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 175-191

  Müller, Daniel ^a   Sikor, Thomas ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Albania; Land cover change; Land use change; Migration; Postsocialist reforms; Seemingly unrelated regression (SUR)

Indexed keywords

LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MARKET SYSTEM; SATELLITE DATA; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURVEY; VILLAGE;

ALBANIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33751188945     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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