Land abandonment as a precursor of built-up development at the sprawling periphery of former socialist cities

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 57, Issue , 2015, Pages 305-313

  Grədinaru, Simona Raluca ^a,b   Iojə, Cristian Ioan ^b   Onose, Diana Andreea ^b   Gavrilidis, Athanasios Alexandru ^b   Pətru Stupariu, Ileana ^b   Kienast, Felix ^a   Hersperger, Anna M ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Land use change; Rapidly urbanizing areas; Romania; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING;

ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES; ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION; LAND-USE CHANGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; RAPIDLY URBANIZING AREAS; ROMANIA; URBAN LAND-USE CHANGE; URBAN SPRAWL;

LAND USE;

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL LAND; LAND USE CHANGE; PERIPHERAL REGION; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

ROMANIA;

EID: 84930008490     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.05.009     Document Type: Article

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