From USSR to EU: 20 years of rural landscape changes in Vidzeme, Latvia

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 241-249

  Vanwambeke, Sophie O ^a   Meyfroidt, Patrick ^a   Nikodemus, Oļģerts ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe; Landscape structure; Latvia; Post socialist landscapes; Rural landscapes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; GEOMORPHOLOGY;

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES; LATVIA; POST-SOCIALIST LANDSCAPES; RURAL LANDSCAPES;

AGRICULTURE;

DECADAL VARIATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MARGINALIZATION; NONLINEARITY; REMOTE SENSING; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

LATVIA; VIDZEME;

EID: 84858081651     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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