Defining expansion areas in small urban settlements - An application to the municipality of Tomar (Portugal)

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 283-292

  Ferreira, José Antunes ^a   Condessa, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Expansion area; Land use planning; Low density areas; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY;

CENTRAL PORTUGAL; EXPANSION AREA; LAND USE PLANNING; LOW DENSITY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SENSITIVE AREA; URBAN SPRAWL; URBAN SYSTEMS;

LAND USE;

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; OCCUPATION; URBAN AREA;

PORTUGAL; SANTAREM [PORTUGAL]; TOMAR;

EID: 84864506798     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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