Population and pavement: Population growth and land development in Israel

Population and Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 223-254

  Orenstein, Daniel E ^a   Hamburg, Steven P ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Israel; Land use policy; Land use land cover change; Open space preservation; Population growth; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; OPEN SPACE; PAVEMENT; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION GROWTH; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

ISRAEL;

EID: 77952424655     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-010-0102-4     Document Type: Article

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