Urban growth along motorways in Switzerland

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-12

  Müller, Kalin ^a   Steinmeier, Charlotte ^a   Küchler, Meinrad ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attractor; Distance trend; Land use; Landscape pattern; Road; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; DIGITAL STORAGE; FORESTRY; LAND USE; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

ATTRACTOR; DISTANCE TREND; LANDSCAPE PATTERN; ROAD; URBAN SPRAWL;

URBAN GROWTH;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DATA PROCESSING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOREGION; EUROPEAN UNION; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MOTORWAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77957263268     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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