Beyond urban-rural dichotomy: Exploring socioeconomic and land-use processes of change in Spain (1991-2011)

Applied Geography

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 71-81

  Serra, Pere ^a   Vera, Ana ^a   Tulla, Antoni Francesc ^a   Salvati, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Land use intensification and extensification; Mediterranean Europe; Multivariate statistics; Spain; Urban expansion; Urban rural relationships

Indexed keywords

LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN AREA;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

EID: 84907750569     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.09.005     Document Type: Article

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