Patterns and drivers of farm-level land use change in selected European rural landscapes

Land Use Policy

Volumn 57, Issue , 2016, Pages 786-799

  Kristensen, Søren Bech Pilgaard ^a   Busck, Anne Gravsholt ^a   van der Sluis, Theo ^b   Gaube, Veronika ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Case study; Drivers; Europe; Land use change; Landowner diversity

Indexed keywords

LAND USE CHANGE; LANDOWNER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL AREA; RURAL LANDSCAPE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84982204047     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.07.014     Document Type: Article

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