Changing land use intensity in Europe – Recent processes in selected case studies

Land Use Policy

Volumn 57, Issue , 2016, Pages 777-785

  van der Sluis, Theo ^a   Pedroli, Bas ^a   Kristensen, Søren B P ^b   Lavinia Cosor, Georgia ^c   Pavlis, Evangelos ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Extensification; Intensification; Land abandonment; Land use intensity; Landscape structure

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; RURAL PLANNING;

AUSTRIA; DENMARK; GREECE; NETHERLANDS; ROMANIA;

EID: 84923518127     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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