The wildland-urban interface dynamics in the southeastern U.S. from 1990 to 2000

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 155-162

  Zhang, Yangjian ^a   He, Hong S ^a   Yang, Jian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Sprawl; Urbanization; Wildfire; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HOUSING; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; URBANIZATION; WILDFIRE; WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE (WUI);

ECOSYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOUSING; LAND COVER; POPULATION DENSITY; REMOTE SENSING; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WILDFIRE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 40849131197     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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