Assessing impacts of Common Agricultural Policy changes on regional land use patterns with a decision support system. An application in Southern Portugal

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-120

  Borges, P J ^a   Fragoso, R ^b   Garcia Gonzalo, J ^a   Borges, J G ^a   Marques, S ^a   Lucas, M R ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Agricultural policy; Decision support system; Land use pattern; Mathematical programming; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICIES; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ECONOMIC DATA; FUNCTION COEFFICIENTS; LAND USE PATTERN; LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODELS; MODEL BASE; POLICY SCENARIO; PORTUGAL; PRODUCTION COST; RELATIONAL DATABASE; TOPOLOGICAL DATA;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; FUNCTIONS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; LAND USE; LINEARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SIMULATORS; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; FORESTS; GIS; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIMULATION;

EID: 72149122904     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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