Measuring and Predicting Long-Term Land Cover Changes in the Functional Urban Area of Budapest

Measuring and Predicting Long-Term Land Cover Changes in the Functional Urban Area of Budapest

The loss of farmland to urban use in peri-urban areas is a global phenomenon. Urban sprawl generates a decline in the availability of productive agricultural land around cities, causing versatile conflicts between nature and society and threatening the sustainability of urban agglomerations. This st...

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Main Authors: József Lennert, Jenő Zsolt Farkas, András Donát Kovács, András Molnár, Rita Módos, Dorián Baka, Zoltán Kovács
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
urban sprawl
suburbanization
land conversion
peri-urban agriculture
artificial surfaces
land use modeling
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/8/3331

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