Using predictive models as a spatially explicit support tool for managing cultural landscapes

Applied Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 839-848

  Morán Ordóñez, Alejandra ^a   Suárez Seoane, Susana ^a   Calvo, Leonor ^a   de Luis, Estanislao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

LANDSAT imagery; Predictive modeling; Rural abandonment; Socio economic drivers

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LAND COVER; LANDSAT; MODELING; REMOTE SENSING; RURAL AREA; SHRUBLAND;

CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; SPAIN;

BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79952364492     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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