A population density grid for Spain

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2247-2263

  Goerlich, Francisco J ^a   Cantarino, Isidro ^b  

^a University of Valencia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CORINE Land Cover; dasymetric mapping; downscaling; Land Cover and Use Information System (SIOSE); population density

Indexed keywords

DOWNSCALING; LAND COVER; LAND INFORMATION SYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION MAPPING;

SPAIN;

EID: 84887074009     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2013.799283     Document Type: Article

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