A parcel shape index for use in land consolidation planning

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 861-882

  Demetriou, Demetris ^a   See, Linda ^b   Stillwell, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE-STUDIES; LAND CONSOLIDATION PLANNING; LAND PARCELS; MULTI ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING; PERFORMANCE; SHAPE INDEXES; SHAPE-ANALYSIS; STUDY AREAS; VALUE FUNCTIONS;

DECISION MAKING;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DECISION MAKING; GEOMETRY; GIS; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION;

CYPRUS;

EID: 84888872680     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: 14679671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2012.01371.x     Document Type: Article

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