Analysis of the effects of agricultural land use change on rural environment and landscape through historical cartography and GIS tools

Journal of Agricultural Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 28-39

  Statuto, Dina ^a   Cillis, Giuseppe ^a   Picuno, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geographic information system; Historical maps; Image processing techniques; Landscape analysis; Rural land

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959874898     PISSN: 19747071     EISSN: 22396268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jae.2016.468     Document Type: Article

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