Progressive fragmentation of a traditional Mediterranean landscape by hazelnut plantations: The impact of CAP over time in the Langhe region (NW Italy)

Land Use Policy

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 259-266

  Godone, Danilo ^a   Garbarino, Matteo ^b   Sibona, Emanuele ^a   Garnero, Gabriele ^c   Godone, Franco ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corylus avellana L.; Historical aerial photograms; Land use change; Landscape metrics; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; CULTIVATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MAPPING; ORCHARD; PLANTATION; RURAL AREA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VINEYARD;

CUNEO; ITALY; LANGHE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PIEDMONT [ITALY];

EID: 84884260217     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.08.018     Document Type: Article

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