Post-Soviet forest fragmentation and loss in the Green Belt around Moscow, Russia (1991-2001): a remote sensing perspective

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 208-221

  Boentje, John P ^a   Blinnikov, Mikhail S ^a  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest loss; Landsat; Landscape metrics; Russia; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING; RUSSIA; URBAN PLANNING;

FOREST LOSS; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE METRICS; URBAN SPRAWL;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; GREENBELT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LANDSAT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TREE PLANTING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FORESTRY; REMOTE SENSING;

EURASIA; MOSCOW [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 34548818481     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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