A multivariate assessment of fringe landscape dynamics in Rome, Italy, and implications for peri-urban forest conservation

Rendiconti Lincei

Volumn 26, Issue , 2015, Pages 587-596

  Salvati, Luca ^a   Moretti, Valerio ^a   Sabbi, Alberto ^b   Ippolito, Achille ^c   Ferrara, Agostino ^d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Exurban development; Land fragmentation; Landscape structure; Mediterranean region

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; LAND USE;

EXPLORATORY DATA ANALYSIS; EXURBAN DEVELOPMENT; HIER-ARCHICAL CLUSTERING; LAND FRAGMENTATIONS; LANDSCAPE COMPOSITION; LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

URBAN GROWTH;

EID: 84949108706     PISSN: 20374631     EISSN: 17200776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12210-015-0401-x     Document Type: Article

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