The importance of the institutional environment on multifunctional farming systems in the peri-urban area of Brussels

Land Use Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 486-501

  Vandermeulen, Valerie ^a   Verspecht, Ann ^a   Van Huylenbroeck, Guido ^a   Meert, Henk ^b,c   Boulanger, Ankatrien ^c   Van Hecke, Etienne ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Multifunctionality; Policy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FARMING SYSTEM; URBAN AREA;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; BRUSSELS; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745668456     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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