Identifying assets and constraints for rural development with qualitative scenarios: A case study of Castro Laboreiro, Portugal

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-141

  Van Berkel, Derek B ^a   Carvalho Ribeiro, Sónia ^b,c   Verburg, Peter H ^a   Lovett, Andrew ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Rural development; Scenarios; Visualisations

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; VISUALIZATION;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SCENARIOS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY;

REGIONAL PLANNING;

CAPITAL; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; HETEROGENEITY; INCENTIVE; LAND MANAGEMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; STAKEHOLDER; VISUALIZATION;

CASTRO LABOREIRO; PORTUGAL; VIANA DO CASTELO [PORTUGAL];

EID: 79959804725     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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