Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10503251 Landscape and Urban Planning 2013 13 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Non Urbanised Areas (NUAs) have a crucial role in ecosystem service provision. ► NUAs are endangered by urban sprawl processes in metropolitan areas. ► A method for NUAs characterization based on 5 different analytical phases is proposed. ► Results from the method are used to define a new scenario of land uses for NUAs. ► This scenario is aimed at the protection and enhancing of urban ecosystem services.
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