Socioeconomic pressure, demographic pressure, environmental loading and technological changes in agriculture

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 201-229

  Giampietro, Mario ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hierarchy theory; Multicriteria analysis; Sustainability indicators; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS; FARMERS' ATTITUDES; MODELLING APPROACH; POPULATION PRESSURE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONTEXT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 0030658842     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(97)00050-9     Document Type: Article

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