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Monitoring Changes in Coastal Areas. From the socio-economic to an integrated approach

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Summary:This paper aims at presenting the dynamics of land cover changes in coastal areas. These dynamics were identified, in coastal Alentejo (Portugal) by the application of an integrated methodology that associated the land cover data with the socio-economic data. The use of Geographic Information Systems made possible the association of land cover data and socio-economic data using different levels of analysis.
Main Authors:Lourenço, Nelson
Other Authors:Russo Machado, Carlos; Jorge, Rosário; Rodrigues, Luís
Subject:Coastal Areas land use changes agents of change integrated methodology
Year:2012
Country:Portugal
Document type:article
Access type:open access
Associated institution:Universidade Atlântica
Language:English
Origin:Repositório Científico Atlântica
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Summary:This paper aims at presenting the dynamics of land cover changes in coastal areas. These dynamics were identified, in coastal Alentejo (Portugal) by the application of an integrated methodology that associated the land cover data with the socio-economic data. The use of Geographic Information Systems made possible the association of land cover data and socio-economic data using different levels of analysis.

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