Regional convergence of environmental variables: Empirical evidences from land degradation

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 162-168

  Salvati, Luca ^a   Zitti, Marco ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CRA Central Office for Crop Ecology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composite index; Convergence; Italy; Land degradation; Regional analysis; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LAND DEGRADATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 53849123002     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.02.018     Document Type: Article

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