Towards a World Desertification Atlas. Relating and selecting indicators and data sets to represent complex issues

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 157-170

  Zucca, C ^a   Peruta, R Della ^a,d   Salvia, R ^b   Sommer, S ^c   Cherlet, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Global data sets; Indicator frameworks; Indicator ranking; Indicator selection; Land degradation; UNCCD

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; GEO-SPATIAL; GLOBAL DATA; GLOBAL SCALE; ITERATIVE REFINEMENT; LAND DEGRADATION; MAPPING LAND; OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES; RANKING AND SELECTION; SELECTION PROCEDURES; SELECTION RULES; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNCCD; UNITED NATIONS;

DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

DATA SET; DATABASE; DECISION MAKING; DEFORESTATION; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 81755184760     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.09.012     Document Type: Article

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