The changing urban landscape of the continental United States

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 74-86

  Kaza, Nikhil ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Landscape metrics; Urban patterns; Urbanisation drivers

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY;

LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE METRICS; METROPOLITAN AREA; URBAN LANDSCAPE; URBAN LANDSCAPE PATTERNS; URBAN PATTERNS; US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION;

LAND COVER; METROPOLITAN AREA; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871728878     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.10.015     Document Type: Article

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