Predicting the scenic beauty value of mapped landscape changes in a mountainous region through the use of GIS

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-67

  Grêt Regamey, Adrienne ^a   Bishop, Ian D ^b   Bebi, Peter ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIS; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MOUNTAIN REGION; PREDICTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 33847373848     PISSN: 02658135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/b32051     Document Type: Article

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