Land fragmentation due to rapid urbanization in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area: Analyzing the spatiotemporal patterns and drivers

Applied Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 522-531

  Shrestha, Milan K ^a   York, Abigail M ^a   Boone, Christopher G ^a   Zhang, Sainan ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land fragmentation; Landscape metrics; Socio ecological drivers; Urbanization; US Southwest

Indexed keywords

FRAGMENTATION; LAND COVER; LAND EVALUATION; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; METROPOLITAN AREA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION;

ARIZONA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960559051     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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