Land degradation in Dolj County, Southern Romania: Environmental changes, impacts and responses

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-28

  Stringer, L C ^a   Harris, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Central and Eastern Europe; Interdisciplinary; Remote sensing; Sustainable land management

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICAL FACTORS; CASE STUDY ANALYSIS; CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; INTERDISCIPLINARY; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENTS;

AGRICULTURE; REFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; POST-COMMUNISM; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

AGRICULTURE; EASTERN EUROPE; REFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

DOLJ; ROMANIA;

EID: 84893812888     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2260     Document Type: Article

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