Population decline and the new nature: Towards experimental "refactoring" in landscape development of post-industrial regions

Futures

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 451-459

  Gross, Matthias ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUTURE PROSPECT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LANDSCAPE; POPULATION DECLINE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; LEIPZIG; SAXONY;

EID: 43049134814     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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