The use of gravity concepts for agricultural land-use dynamics: A case study on the Algarve

International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 262-271

  De Noronha Vaz, Eric ^a   De Noronha Vaz, Teresa ^a   Nijkamp, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Algarve; CORINE land cover; Gravity models; Land use change; Portugal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859381922     PISSN: 17402816     EISSN: 17402824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJFIP.2012.046113     Document Type: Article

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