Landscape as an area perceived through activity: Implications for diversity management and conservation

Landscape Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 339-359

  Sebastian, Eiter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Land cover; Land use; Landscape diversity; Norway; Perception

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; LAND COVER; LAND EVALUATION; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; NATURE CONSERVATION; PERCEPTION; PROTECTED AREA;

NORWAY;

EID: 77953103905     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426391003746531     Document Type: Article

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