How do river dynamics and human influences affect the landscape pattern of fluvial corridors? Lessons from the Magra River, Central-Northern Italy

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 134, Issue , 2015, Pages 107-118

  Dufour, Simon ^a   Rinaldi, Massimo ^b   Piégay, Hervé ^c   Michalon, Amael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Human impact; Indicator; Morphological adjustment; Riverscape

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BIODIVERSITY; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS);

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; HUMAN IMPACT; LANDSCAPE DIVERSITY; LANDSCAPE PATTERN; MORPHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; RIVERSCAPES; WOODLAND EXPANSIONS;

RIVERS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BRAIDED RIVER; CONSERVATION; FIELD SURVEY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; TRAJECTORY;

ITALY; MAGRA RIVER; MASSA-CARRARA; TUSCANY;

EID: 84909952685     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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