Sustainability dimensions related to agricultural-based development: The experience of 50 years of intensive farming in Almería (Spain)

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 125-143

  Galdeano Gómez, Emilio ^a   Aznar Sánchez, José A ^a   Pérez Mesa, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

adaptiveness; Almer a; development; environment friendly practices; family farms; intensive horticulture; socio economic dimension; sustainability; synergies

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD MARKET; GLOBALIZATION; HOLISTIC APPROACH; RURAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY;

ALMERIA [ALMERIA (PRV)]; ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84876954793     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14735903.2012.704306     Document Type: Article

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