Transdisciplinary challenges for sustainable management of mediterranean landscapes in the global information society

Landscape Online

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-14

  Naveh, Zev ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chaotic ecological and socio economic transformation; Fire and fuel management; Homeorhetic flow equilibrium; Mediterranean uplands conservation and restoration; Sustainability revolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054868375     PISSN: 18651542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3097/LO.200914     Document Type: Article

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