Evaluating IRENA indicator "Risk of Farmland Abandonment" on a low spatial scale level: The case of Galicia (Spain)

Land Use Policy

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-15

  Corbelle Rico, Eduardo ^a   Crecente Maseda, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural policy; Common agricultural policy; IRENA; Land abandonment; Land use change

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; LAND USE CHANGE; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY REFORM;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 84887579223     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.10.013     Document Type: Article

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