Assessing the potential impacts of climate change on traditional landscapes and their heritage values on the local level: Case studies in the Dender basin in Flanders, Belgium

Land Use Policy

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 179-191

  Dupont, Lien ^a   Van Eetvelde, Veerle ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; GIS analysis; Heritage landscapes; Landscape management; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTURAL HERITAGE; GIS; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; VULNERABILITY;

BELGIUM; DENDER RIVER; FLANDERS;

EID: 84879534165     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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