Advantages of using different data sources in assessment of landscape change and its effect on visual scale

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-31

  Ode, Åsa ^a   Tveit, Mari Sundli ^b   Fry, Gary ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aerial photographs; Indicator framework; Land cover data; Landscape photographs; Visual landscape assessment

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; INDICATOR FRAMEWORK; LAND COVER DATA; LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHS; VISUAL LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT;

PHOTOGRAPHY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; LAND COVER; LAND EVALUATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; THEORETICAL STUDY; VISIBLE SPECTRUM; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 70350564509     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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