Time series of landscape fragmentation caused by transportation infrastructure and urban development: A case study from Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Ecology and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Jaeger, Jochen A G ^a   Schwarz von Raumer, Hans Georg ^b   Esswien, Heide ^b   Müller, Manfred ^c   Schmidt Lüttman, Manfred ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c State Inst Environ Measurements/Nature Conservation Baden Wurttemburg (LUBW)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Effective mesh size; Environmental indicators; Landscape change; Landscape fragmentation; Landscape indices; Monitoring; Railroads; Roads; Sustainable development; Time series; Traffic; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; REGIONAL PLANNING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 34447304607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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