The actual impact of comprehensive land-use plans: Insights from high resolution observations

Land Use Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 862-877

  Alfasi, Nurit ^a   Almagor, Jonatan ^b   Benenson, Itzhak ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Israel; Land use planning; Plan Implementation Evaluation; Regional planning

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GIS; LAND USE PLANNING; REFORM PROCESS; REGIONAL PLANNING; REMOTE SENSING;

ISRAEL;

EID: 84857797421     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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