The development and evaluation of a new model for measuring land fragmentation

Working Paper of the University of Leeds, School of Geography

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1-57

  Demetriou, Demetris ^a   Stillwell, John ^a   See, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Fragmentation indices; Land fragmentation; Land parcels; Multi attribute decision making; Parcel shape

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FRAGMENTATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CYPRUS;

EID: 84855773357     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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