Relating spatial pattern of forest cover to accessibility

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 14-22

  De Clercq, Eva M ^a   De Wulf, Robert ^a   Van Herzele, Ann ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Landscape configuration; Landscape metrics; Recreational provision; Regional scale

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; URBAN PLANNING;

LANDSCAPE CONFIGURATION; LANDSCAPE METRICS; RECREATIONAL PROVISION; REGIONAL SCALE;

FORESTRY;

ACCESSIBILITY; COMPLEXITY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FOREST COVER; GREENSPACE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN PLANNING;

CITIES; FORESTRY; LAND;

EID: 33847031353     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2006.04.007     Document Type: Article

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