Indicators for assessing changing landscape character of cultural landscapes in Flanders (Belgium)

Land Use Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 901-910

  Van Eetvelde, Veerle ^a   Antrop, Marc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

GIS; Heritage landscape; Landscape change; Landscape character; Landscape metrics; Time depth

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CULTURAL HERITAGE; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; GIS; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; ORTHOPHOTO; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; URBAN PLANNING;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 64049108469     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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