A socioeconomic profile of vulnerable land to desertification in Italy

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 466-467, Issue , 2014, Pages 287-299

  Salvati, Luca ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Economic structure; Italy; Land degradation; Multivariate analysis; Social change; Vulnerability degree

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; ITALY; LAND DEGRADATION; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CHANGES; VULNERABILITY DEGREE;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGIONAL PLANNING;

ECONOMICS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DESERTIFICATION; LAND DEGRADATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERTIFICATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; INCOME; ITALY; JOB MARKET; LAND VULNERABILITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL PROPERTY; URBANIZATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN;

ITALY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ITALY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84881253565     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.091     Document Type: Article

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