Landscape persistence and stakeholder perspectives: The case of Romania's Carpathians

Applied Geography

Volumn 69, Issue , 2016, Pages 87-98

  Pătru Stupariu, Ileana ^a   Tudor, Constantina Alina ^a   Stupariu, Mihai Sorin ^a   Buttler, Alexandre ^b,c,d   Peringer, Alexander ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Cultural landscape; Land cover; Landscape change; Landscape persistence; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; GIS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PERSISTENCE; STAKEHOLDER;

CARPATHIANS; ROMANIA;

EID: 84939499378     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.07.015     Document Type: Article

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