What has happened to coastal dunes in the last half century? A multitemporal coastal landscape analysis in Central Italy

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 119, Issue , 2013, Pages 54-63

  Malavasi, M ^a   Santoro, R ^a   Cutini, M ^a   Acosta, A T R ^a   Carranza, M L ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Università degli Studi del Molise Cda Fonte Lappone   (Italy)

Author keywords

Edge based metrics; Habitats Directive (92 43 CEE); Landscape change; Mediterranean coast; Patch based metrics; Transition matrix

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; REFORESTATION; VEGETATION;

EDGE-BASED; HABITATS DIRECTIVES; LANDSCAPE CHANGES; MEDITERRANEAN COASTS; PATCH BASED; TRANSITION MATRICES;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

AFFORESTATION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HERB; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MATRIX; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

ITALY;

EID: 84883802065     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.06.012     Document Type: Article

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