Geo-spatial support for assessment of anthropic impact on biodiversity

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 599-618

  Piragnolo, Marco ^a   Pirotti, Francesco ^a   Guarnieri, Alberto ^a   Vettore, Antonio ^a   Salogni, Gianluca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Regione Veneto   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; DPSIR model; Ecosystem; EIA; Environment; Hazard; Impact analysis; Spatial infrastructure; Support decision system; Temporal scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922337222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22209964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi3020599     Document Type: Article

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