The impact of Land Use/Land Cover Changes on land degradation dynamics: A Mediterranean case study

Environmental Management

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 980-989

  Bajocco, S ^a   De Angelis, A ^a   Perini, L ^a   Ferrara, A ^b   Salvati, L ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coastal area; Italy; Land management; Land sensitivity; Multi temporal land cover maps; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; LAND USE;

COASTAL AREA; ITALY; LAND COVER MAPS; LAND MANAGEMENTS; SARDINIA;

DYNAMICS;

ABANDONED LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CASE STUDY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HUMAN; ITALY; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE; LAND USE LAND COVER CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; RURAL AREA; SEASHORE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL QUALITY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TOURISM; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; AGRICULTURE; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SARDINIA;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84865314242     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9831-8     Document Type: Article

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