A multi-level spatial urban pressure analysis of the giza pyramid plateau in Egypt

Journal of Heritage Tourism

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-108

  de Noronha Vaz, Eric ^a   Caetano, Mario ^a   Nijkamp, Peter ^b  

^a NOVA INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SCHOOL NOVA IMS   (Portugal)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Geographic information systems; Land cover maps; Pyramid plateau; Remote sensing; System theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012844711     PISSN: 1743873X     EISSN: 17476631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1743873X.2011.553285     Document Type: Article

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