Assessment of land use changes through an indicator-based approach: A case study from the Lamone river basin in Northern Italy

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-14

  Benini, Lorenzo ^a   Bandini, Vittoria ^a   Marazza, Diego ^a   Contin, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

DPSIR framework; Land use change; Landscape; Multi criteria decision analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; APENNINES; DPSIR FRAMEWORK; HUMAN HABITATS; HYDROLOGICAL BALANCE; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES; MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; NORTHERN ITALY; RIPARIAN CORRIDORS; RIVER BASINS; SHANNON DIVERSITY; WATER BALANCE; WATER DEFICITS;

AGRICULTURE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LANDFORMS; REFORESTATION; RIVERS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

LAND USE;

AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; RIVER BASIN;

AGRICULTURE; DECISION MAKING; E I S; LAND USE; REFORESTATION; RIVERS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SHEDS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70350570498     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.03.016     Document Type: Article

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