Soil-specific agro-ecological strategies for sustainable land use - A case study by using MicroLEIS DSS in Sevilla Province (Spain)

Land Use Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1055-1065

  de la Rosa, Diego ^a   Anaya Romero, Maria ^a   Diaz Pereira, Elvira ^a   Heredia, Norberto ^a   Shahbazi, Farzin ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agro ecological land evaluation; Biophysical modelling; Decision support tools; Land degradation; Soil management; Soil protection; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGROECOLOGY; BENCHMARKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND EVALUATION; LAND USE LOCATION; LAND USE PLANNING; SOIL QUALITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SEVILLA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 64049103608     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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