Identifying patterns of land-cover change and their physical attributes in a marginal European landscape

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 104-113

  Reger, Birgit ^a   Otte, Annette ^a   Waldhardt, Rainer ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Agricultural landscape; Agricultural statistics; Landscape change; Landscape structure; Satellite image

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; RURAL AREAS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ABANDONMENT; AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE; AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE;

LAND USE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AGRICULTURE; CULTIVATION; LAND USE; SOIL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; HESSE; LAHN-DILL HIGHLANDS;

EID: 34247531316     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2006.10.018     Document Type: Article

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