Land use conversion in metropolitan areas and the permanence of agriculture: Sensitivity Index of Agricultural Land (SIAL), a tool for territorial analysis

Land Use Policy

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 155-162

  Mazzocchi, Chiara ^a   Sali, Guido ^a   Corsi, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Farms; Land use conversion; Peri urban agriculture; Territorial policies

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FARMING SYSTEM; LAND USE PLANNING; METROPOLITAN AREA; PERIURBAN AREA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URBAN AGRICULTURE; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN POLICY;

EID: 84879367702     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.05.019     Document Type: Article

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