Socioeconomic development and vulnerability to land degradation in Italy

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 767-777

  Salvati, Luca ^a   Mancini, Alberto ^b   Bajocco, Sofia ^c   Gemmiti, Roberta ^d   Carlucci, Margherita ^d  

^a Italian Council of Agricultural Research   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c Research Unit of Climatology and Meteorology Applied to Agriculture   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Land degradation; Local district; Mediterranean region; Socioeconomic indicators; Sustainable development; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 83555179247     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-011-0209-x     Document Type: Article

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