Alternative approaches to the construction of a composite indicator of agricultural sustainability: An application to irrigated agriculture in the Duero basin in Spain

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3345-3362

  Gómez Limón, José A ^a   Riesgo, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural policy; Composite indicators; Irrigated agriculture; Scenarios; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOWING; SUSTAINABILITY;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLICY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPAIN;

DUERO BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHY; SPAIN; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 69249210922     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.05.023     Document Type: Article

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