Using historical maps within a GIS to analyze two centuries of rural landscape changes in southern Italy

Land

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Statuto, Dina ^a   Cillis, Giuseppe ^a   Picuno, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geographical information system; Historical maps; Landscape changes; Rural land

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042352133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2073445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/land6030065     Document Type: Article

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