Land terracing for new vineyard plantations in the north-eastern Spanish Mediterranean region: Landscape effects of the EU Council Regulation policy for vineyards' restructuring

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 115, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 88-96

  Cots Folch, R ^a   Martinez Casasnovas J A ^a   Ramos, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

EU policy; Land terracing; Land use change; Landscape effects; Vineyards' restructuring

Indexed keywords

CROPPING PRACTICE; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; PLANTATION; TERRACING; TERRAIN;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [SPAIN]; PRIORAT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

EID: 33646043144     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2005.11.030     Document Type: Article

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