Planning landscape corridors in ecological infrastructure using least-cost path methods based on the value of ecosystem services

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 7564-7585

  Lee, Jung A ^a,b   Chon, Jinhyung ^a,b   Ahn, Changwoo ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ecological infrastructure; Ecosystem service; Landscape connectivity; Landscape structure elements; Least cost path method; Value of ecosystem services

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; OPEN SPACE; RIPARIAN ZONE; URBAN PLANNING;

GWACHEON; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84920711913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6117564     Document Type: Article

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