Land transformation of Italy due to half a century of urbanization

Land Use Policy

Volumn 67, Issue , 2017, Pages 387-400

  Romano, Bernardino ^a   Zullo, Francesco ^a   Fiorini, Lorena ^a   Marucci, Alessandro ^a   Ciabò, Serena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Land take; Landscape changes; Urban sprinkling; Urban rural pattern

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE CHANGE; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN SPRAWL; URBANIZATION;

BALKAN; IBERIAN PENINSULA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; TURKMENISTAN;

EID: 85021162226     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.06.006     Document Type: Article

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