Long-term land cover changes and climate variations - A country-scale approach for a new policy target

Land Use Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 401-407

  Salvati, Luca ^a   Sateriano, Adele ^b   Zitti, Marco ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b Unit of Climatology and Agricultural Meteorology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Aridity index; Italy; Land use; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND COVER; LAND USE PLANNING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; RAINFALL; REGIONAL PLANNING;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84860874447     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.04.012     Document Type: Article

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