Multivariate classification analysis of cultural landscapes: An example from the Czech Republic

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 200-209

  Chuman, Tomáš ^a   Romportl, Dušan ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

GIS; JUICE; Landscape classification; Landscape diagnostic features; Landscape typology; TWINSPAN

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES; HIERARCHICAL APPROACH; JUICE; LANDSCAPE TYPOLOGY; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; MULTIVARIATE CLASSIFICATION; TWINSPAN;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; DATA SET; ELEVATION; GIS; HETEROGENEITY; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; SLOPE; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TYPOLOGY; VISUALIZATION;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

EID: 78049303444     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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