Designing recreational trails in a forest dune habitat using least-cost path analysis at the resolution of visitor sight distance

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 861-868

  Sitzia, T ^a   Rizzi, A ^a   Cattaneo, D ^a   Semenzato, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Land suitability; Land use planning; Least cost path; Recreation; Spatial scale; Walking paths

Indexed keywords

BEACH; COST ANALYSIS; DUNE; DUNE FIELD; GIS; LAND USE PLANNING; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84922655681     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2014.09.011     Document Type: Article

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