Assessing the impact of ecological and economic factors on land degradation vulnerability through multiway analysis

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 357-363

  Salvati, Luca ^a,b   Zitti, Marco ^c  

^a ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composite index; Indicators; Land degradation; Mediterranean basin; Multiway analysis; Weighting system

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; LADDER NETWORKS; LAND USE; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK PERCEPTION; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VEGETATION;

COMPOSITE INDEX; INDICATORS; LAND DEGRADATION; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; MULTIWAY ANALYSIS; WEIGHTING SYSTEM;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARIDITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; TIME SERIES; VULNERABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 54149103460     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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