Diet, trade and land use: A socio-ecological analysis of the transformation of the olive oil system

Land Use Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-56

  Scheidel, Arnim ^a   Krausmann, Fridolin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

CAP; Diet; European integration; International trade; Land use change; Mediterranean agriculture; Olive oil

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL TRADE; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; CROP PRODUCTION; DIET; EUROPEAN UNION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LAND USE; LAND USE CHANGE; OIL; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 77956905613     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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