Built-up expansion between 2001 and 2011 in South America continues well beyond the cities

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2018, Pages

  Andrade Núñez, María José ^a   Aide, T Mitchell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Built up expansion; Major cities; Rural areas; South America; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; EXPANSION; LAND USE; POPULATION STATISTICS;

DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; MAJOR CITIES; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SMALL AND MEDIUM CITIES; SOUTH AMERICA; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; URBAN AREAS;

RURAL AREAS;

ABANDONED LAND; LAND USE CHANGE; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL AREA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 85056543476     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aad2e3     Document Type: Article

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