Scenario analysis for regional decision-making on sustainable multifunctional land uses

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1357-1371

  Brown, Iain ^a   Castellazzi, Marie ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cross scale; Land use change; Landscape functions; Multifunctional; Scenarios

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904654549     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-013-0579-3     Document Type: Article

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