2003/06/01 by Mark Harrower, Cynthia A. Brewer · 7 citations
Environmental Science · Social Sciences · #Geographic Information Systems Studies #Land Use and Ecosystem Services #Soil and Land Suitability Analysis
paper · doi:10.1179/000870403235002042
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