Sustainability Impact Assessment of Land Use Changes

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Helming, Katharina (Editor), Pérez-Soba, Marta (Editor), Tabbush, Paul (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Subjects: Geography.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Physical geography.; Agriculture.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Ecotoxicology.; Nature conservation.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Nature Conservation.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Physical Geography.

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