Low-density settlements and land use changes in a Mediterranean urban region

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 43-52

  Salvati, Luca ^a   Munafo, Michele ^b,c   Morelli, Vittorio Gargiulo ^b,c   Sabbi, Alberto ^a,d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Building density; Land cover changes; Rome; Southern Europe; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

RURAL AREAS; URBAN GROWTH;

BUILDING DENSITIES; LAND-COVER CHANGE; ROME; SOUTHERN EUROPE; URBAN SPRAWL;

LAND USE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BUILDING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN REGION; URBAN-RURAL MIGRATION; WOODLAND;

ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME;

EID: 84857445506     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.11.020     Document Type: Article

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