The implications of the 2003 Common Agricultural Policy reforms for land-use and landscape quality in England

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-48

  Tzanopoulos, Joseph ^a   Jones, Philip J ^b   Mortimer, Simon R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscape; Agricultural policy; Arable; De coupling; Land use model; Livestock

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ECONOMICS; LAND USE;

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; AGRICULTURAL POLICIES; ARABLE; DE-COUPLING; LAND USE MODELS; LIVESTOCK;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ARABLE LAND; CATTLE; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FARMING SYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; POLICY REFORM; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SHEEP; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRITORIAL PLANNING; UPLAND REGION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

BOS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84866168511     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.07.012     Document Type: Article

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