A new methodology for measuring land fragmentation

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 71-80

  Demetriou, Demetris ^a   Stillwell, John ^a   See, Linda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Global land fragmentation index; Land fragmentation; Multi attribute decision making method; Value functions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; EVALUATION CRITERIA; FRAGMENTATION INDEX; LAND FRAGMENTATIONS; MULTI ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING; RELIABLE MEASUREMENT; SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL; VALUE FUNCTIONS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; REGIONAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DECISION MAKING;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; GIS; LAND TENURE; PLANNING METHOD; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

CYPRUS;

EID: 84875787450     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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