Urban land use scenarios for a tourist region in Europe: Applying the MOLAND model to Algarve, Portugal

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-23

  Petrov, Laura O ^a   Lavalle, Carlo ^a   Kasanko, Marjo ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b EUROSTAT   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

European tourist context; Land use model; Regional development; Simulation; Storyline; Urban land use change scenarios

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; LAND USE; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGIONAL PLANNING; TOURISM;

EUROPEAN TOURIST CONTEXT; LAND USE MODELS; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SIMULATION; STORYLINES; URBAN LAND-USE CHANGE;

URBAN GROWTH;

ECONOMIC IMPACT; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; MODELING; TOURISM; TOURIST DESTINATION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING;

ALGARVE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349272619     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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