Using semantics to clarify the conceptual confusion between land cover and land use: The example of 'forest'

Journal of Land Use Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 185-198

  Comber, A J ^a   Wadsworth, R A ^b   Fisher, P F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Land cover; Land use; Semantics; Text mining

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DATA MINING; FOREST COVER; LAND COVER; LAND USE; SPATIAL DATA;

EID: 54049098302     PISSN: 1747423X     EISSN: 17474248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17474230802434187     Document Type: Article

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