Conceptual modelling of landscape complexity

Landscape Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 563-570

  Papadimitriou, Fivos ^a  

^a NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Complexity; Conceptual; Landscape complexity; Landscape modelling

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; MODELING;

EID: 77957776239     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2010.504913     Document Type: Article

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