Land use and land cover change in the Colombian Andes: Dynamics and future scenarios

Journal of Land Use Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 154-174

  Rodríguez Eraso, Nelly ^a,b   Armenteras Pascual, Dolors ^b   Alumbreros, Javier Retana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

deforestation; drivers of change; land change modeler; land cover change; scenario land use; South America

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; DEFORESTATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PASTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ANDES; COLOMBIA;

EID: 84877911035     PISSN: 1747423X     EISSN: 17474248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2011.650228     Document Type: Article

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