Performance evaluation and cost assessment of a key indicator system to monitor desertification vulnerability

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 23, Issue , 2012, Pages 123-129

  Ferrara, Agostino ^a   Salvati, Luca ^b   Sateriano, Adele ^c   Nolè, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Desertification; Environmental indicators; Land sensitivity; Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COST ESTIMATING; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA HANDLING; MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DESERTIFICATION; DESERTIFICATION RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITIES; LAND VULNERABILITY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ARIDITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND EVALUATION; RAINFALL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER; VULNERABILITY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 84859793771     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.03.015     Document Type: Article

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