Assessing highway's impacts on landscape patterns and ecosystem services: A case study in Puli Township, Taiwan

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 128, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-71

  Wu, Chen Fa ^a   Lin, Yu Pin ^b   Chiang, Li Chi ^c   Huang, Tao ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Highway constructs; Landscape pattern; Road effect

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROADS AND STREETS; URBAN GROWTH;

DIRECT AND INDIRECT IMPACTS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION; HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTS; LANDSCAPE PATTERN; REMOTE SENSING ANALYSIS; ROAD-EFFECT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MOTORWAY; REMOTE SENSING; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

PULI; TAIWAN;

EID: 84901606725     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.04.020     Document Type: Article

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