Understanding land cover changes in the Italian Alps and Romanian Carpathians combining remote sensing and stakeholder interviews

Land

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 52-73

  Malek, Žiga ^a,b   Scolobig, Anna ^c   Schröter, Dagmar ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alps; Carpathians; Hydro meteorological risk; Interviews; land cover changes; Perceptions; Remote sensing; Socio economic change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933527266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2073445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/land3010052     Document Type: Article

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