Assessing land-use and -cover changes in relation to geographic factors and urban planning in the metropolitan area of Concepción (Chile). Implications for biodiversity conservation

Applied Geography

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 93-103

  Rojas, Carolina ^a   Pino, Joan ^b   Basnou, Corina ^b   Vivanco, Mauricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Land use changes; Latin American metropolitan areas; Pressures; Strategic environmental assessment; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; METROPOLITAN AREA; PLANTATION FORESTRY; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

BIO BIO; CHILE; CONCEPCION [BIO BIO];

EID: 84872876743     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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