Integrated farm sustainability assessment for the environmental management of rural activities

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 229-239

  Rodrigues, Geraldo Stachetti ^a   Rodrigues, Izilda Aparecida ^a   Buschinelli, Cláudio Cesar de Almeida ^a   de Barros, Inácio ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

APOIA NovoRural; Environmental impact assessment; Multi attribute methodology; Rural development; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; CONTROL ACTIONS; DECISION MAKERS; DIFFERENT SCALE; ECO-CERTIFICATION; ECONOMIC VALUES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT TOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS; EQUITABLE ACCESS; IMPACT INDEX; INTEGRATION LEVELS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MULTI-ATTRIBUTES; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY DIMENSIONS; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION;

CONSERVATION; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FARMS; REGIONAL PLANNING; RURAL AREAS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; RESOURCE USE; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EID: 77950300632     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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