Exploring spatial data uncertainties in land-use change scenarios

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1013-1030

  Dendoncker, N ^a   Schmit, C ^b   Rounsevell, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Land use change scenarios; Landscape metrics; Luxembourg; Rasterization; Spatial data uncertainties

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DOWNSCALING; ERROR ANALYSIS; LAND USE CHANGE; MAPPING; RASTER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 47949090874     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658810701812836     Document Type: Article

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