The effects of urban policies on the development of urban areas

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Amato, Federico ^a   Maimone, Biagio Antonio ^a   Martellozzo, Federico ^b   Nolé, Gabriele ^c   Murgante, Beniamino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Built up areas; Land use change models; Soil consumption; Sustainability; Urban policies

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FUTURE PROSPECT; LAND USE CHANGE; OIL FIELD; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

AGRI VALLEY; BASILICATA; ITALY;

EID: 84965022971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8040297     Document Type: Article

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