Examining the potential impact of land use/cover changes on the ecosystem services of Baguio city, the Philippines: A scenario-based analysis

Applied Geography

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 316-326

  Estoque, Ronald C ^a,b   Murayama, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Philippine Nursing Research Society   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Baguio; Ecosystem service; GIS; H ESV ratio; Land change modeling; Land use; Remote sensing; Scenario analysis; Urban growth modeling

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST COVER; GIS; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; REMOTE SENSING; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

BAGUIO; BENGUET; CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84866013992     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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