Combining environmental factors and agriculturalists' observations of environmental changes in the traditional terrace system of the Amalfi Coast (Southern Italy)

Ambio

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 297-310

  Savo, Valentina ^a,b   Caneva, Giulia ^b   McClatchey, Will ^c,d   Reedy, David ^c,d   Salvati, Luca ^e  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Science University of Roma ^*  (Italy)

^c BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cultural landscape; Engineered ecosystems; Local Ecological Knowledge

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; COASTAL ZONE; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; LANDSLIDE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RAINFALL; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SLOPE STABILITY; TERRACE; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

AMALFI; CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; SALERNO;

RAIN;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; HUMAN; ITALY; LANDSLIDE; METHODOLOGY; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; HUMANS; ITALY; LANDSLIDES; RAIN; SOIL;

EID: 84898715654     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-013-0433-3     Document Type: Article

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