Sustainability assessment of future scenarios: Methodology and application to mountain areas of Europe

Environmental Management

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 282-299

  Sheate, William R ^a   Partidário, Maria Rosário Do ^b   Byron, Helen ^a,c   Bina, Olivia ^b   Dagg, Suzan ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biodiversity; BioScene; Causal chains; Interdisciplinary; Mountains; Scenarios; Sustainability assessment; Transdisciplinary

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL CHAIN ANALYSIS; INTERDISCIPLINARY; MOUNTAINS; STAKEHOLDER PANELS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; TRANSDISCIPLINARY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LAND USE CHANGE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; LAND USE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EUROPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 39149108809     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-007-9051-9     Document Type: Article

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