Physical development trend and green space destruction in developing cities: A GIS approach

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 167-175

  Olad Ghaffari, Parisa ^a   Monavari, Seyed Masoud ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Landscape metrics; Landscape structure; Municipal green spaces; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GIS; GREENSPACE; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; IRS (SATELLITE); LAND COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LISS; MAP; REMOTE SENSING; SUSTAINABILITY; TREND ANALYSIS;

EAST AZERBAIJAN; IRAN; TABRIZ;

EID: 84871350246     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-012-9381-5     Document Type: Article

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