Measuring exurban change in the American West: A case study in Gallatin County, Montana, 1973-2004

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 56-65

  Compas, Eric ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Greater Yellowstone; Land subdivision; Landscape metrics; Landscape planning; Rural residential development

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PUBLIC POLICY;

FRAGMENTATION; GREATER YELLOWSTONE; LAND SUBDIVISION; LANDSCAPE METRICS; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; RURAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT;

URBAN PLANNING;

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LOCAL PLANNING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

GALLATIN COUNTY [MONTANA]; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447309059     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.01.016     Document Type: Article

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