An integrated approach for ex-ante evaluation of public policies for sustainable agriculture at landscape level

Land Use Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1020-1030

  Parra López, Carlos ^a,b   Groot, Jeroen C J ^b   Carmona Torres, Carmen ^a,b   Rossing, Walter A H ^b  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agro economic modelling; Landscape; Multi criteria analysis; Multifunctionality; Social demands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; DAIRY FARMING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; METHODOLOGY; MODELING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 64049116777     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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