Urban settlements delimitation in low-density areas-An application to the municipality of Tomar (Portugal)

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 156-167

  Ferreira, José Antunes ^a   Condessa, Beatriz ^a   Castro e Almeida, Joana ^a   Pinto, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Buffer method; Consolidated urban areas; Land use planning; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; URBAN GROWTH;

BUFFER METHOD; CENTRAL PORTUGAL; CONTEXTUALIZATION; FLOOD-PLAINS; LAND USE PLANNING; MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT; URBAN AREAS; URBAN SPRAWL;

LAND USE;

FLOODPLAIN; GIS; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; LAW ENFORCEMENT; OCCUPATION; REGULATORY APPROACH; ROAD TRANSPORT; SLOPE; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

PORTUGAL; SANTAREM [PORTUGAL]; TOMAR;

EID: 77955274255     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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