Stability analysis for defining management strategies in abandoned mountain landscapes of the Mediterranean basin

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 335-346

  Pelorosso, Raffaele ^a   Della Chiesa, Stefano ^b,c   Tappeiner, Ulrike ^b,c   Leone, Antonio ^a   Rocchini, Duccio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ecosystem services; Equilibrium; Land abandonment; Landscape functionality; Restoration

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; MARKOV CHAINS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; RESTORATION;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; KAPPA INDEX OF AGREEMENTS; KRUSKAL-WALLIS TESTS; LAND ABANDONMENTS; LANDSCAPE FUNCTIONALITY; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MEDITERRANEAN MOUNTAINS;

PLANNING;

ABANDONED LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HOMOGENEITY; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARKOV CHAIN; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WOODLAND;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 80054858192     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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