Agricultural technology and land use futures: The UK case

Land Use Policy

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Burgess, Paul J ^a   Morris, Joe ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Farming systems; Land; Productivity; Technology; UK

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; BIOENERGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FARMING SYSTEM; GREENHOUSE GAS; INNOVATION; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; SPATIAL PLANNING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 73249136029     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.08.029     Document Type: Article

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