Highlighting order and disorder in social-ecological landscapes to foster adaptive capacity and sustainability

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1161-1173

  Zurlini, Giovanni ^a   Petrosillo, Irene ^a   Jones, K Bruce ^b   Zaccarelli, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; NDVI related indices; Order and disorder; Spectral entropy; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; TIME SERIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION INDEX;

EID: 84884975145     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-012-9763-y     Document Type: Article

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