Continental-scale quantification of landscape values using social media data

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 46, 2016, Pages 12974-12979

  Van Zanten, Boris T ^a   Van Berkel, Derek B ^b   Meentemeyer, Ross K ^b   Smith, Jordan W ^c   Tieskens, Koen F ^a   Verburg, Peter H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural analysis; Cultural ecosystem services; European landscape; Outdoor recreation and leisure; Volunteered geolocated content

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINENTAL SCALE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INCOME; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; MAP; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL MEDIA; ENVIRONMENT; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; RECREATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ENVIRONMENT; ESTHETICS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; RECREATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84994888549     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1614158113     Document Type: Article

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