Forecasts of urbanization scenarios reveal trade-offs between landscape change and ecosystem services

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 617-634

  Pickard, Brian R ^a   Van Berkel, Derek ^a   Petrasova, Anna ^a   Meentemeyer, Ross K ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Geospatial; Land change; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FORECASTING METHOD; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; ORGANIC FARMING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION;

CAROLINA; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 84995404874     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-016-0465-8     Document Type: Article

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