Social metabolism, landscape change and land-use planning in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region

Land Use Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 497-510

  Marull, Joan ^a   Pino, Joan ^b   Tello, Enric ^c   Cordobilla, María José ^a  

^a Autonomous University of Barcelona ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Land use planning; Landscape change; Landscape efficiency; Social metabolism

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PROTECTED AREA; RURAL LANDSCAPE;

BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 70450221936     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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