The potential of old maps and encyclopaedias for reconstructing historic European land cover/use change

Applied Geography

Volumn 59, Issue , 2015, Pages 43-55

  Fuchs, Richard ^a   Verburg, Peter H ^b   Clevers, Jan G P W ^a   Herold, Martin ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Back casting; HILDA; Historic land dynamics assessment; Historical ecology; Land use history; Model

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MAP; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

EID: 84924276965     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.02.013     Document Type: Article

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