Borders without barriers - Structural functionality and green infrastructure in the Austrian-Hungarian transboundary region of Lake Neusiedl

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 59-72

  Kuttner, Michael ^a   Hainz Renetzeder, Christa ^a   Hermann, Anna ^a   Wrbka, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ecoprofile; Landscape metrics; Landscape pattern; Morphological Spatial Pattern Analysis; Nature protection; Travelling costs

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; LAND USE; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING;

ECOPROFILE; LANDSCAPE METRICS; LANDSCAPE PATTERN; NATURE PROTECTION; SPATIAL PATTERN ANALYSIS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BORDER REGION; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GREENSPACE; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; NATURE CONSERVATION; ORTHOPHOTO; SAMPLING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AUSTRIA; HUNGARY; NEUSIEDLER SEE;

EID: 84890927526     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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