Landscape patterns of development under two alternative scenarios: Implications for conservation

Land Use Policy

Volumn 54, Issue , 2016, Pages 221-234

  Troupin, David ^a   Carmel, Yohay ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Land cover simulation; Scenarios; Urban development; Urban sprawl; Urban growth management; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION;

ISRAEL;

EID: 84958968656     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.02.008     Document Type: Article

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