Forest and the city: A multivariate analysis of peri-urban forest land cover patterns in 283 European metropolitan areas

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 73, Issue , 2017, Pages 369-377

  Salvati, Luca ^a   Ranalli, Flavia ^a   Carlucci, Margherita ^b   Ippolito, Achille ^b   Ferrara, Agostino ^c   Corona, Piermaria ^d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^d Forestry Research Centre (CRA SEL)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Europe; Landscape metrics; Socioeconomic context; Sprawl; Urban atlas

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; LAND USE; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING;

EUROPE; LANDSCAPE METRICS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONTEXT; SPRAWL; URBAN ATLAS;

FORESTRY;

ATLAS; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; METROPOLITAN AREA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATCH SIZE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBAN SPRAWL;

EUROPE;

EID: 84992458119     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.09.025     Document Type: Article

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