Tomorrow's landscapes: Studies in the after-uses of industrial cutaway peatlands in Ireland

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Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 97-107

  Renou, Florence ^a   Egan, Tom ^b   Wilson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Research Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biomass; Cutaway peatlands; Forestry; Restoration; Wetland creation

Indexed keywords

LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PEATLAND; WETLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846973401     PISSN: 00395471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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