The Landscape as an Asset in Southern European Fragile Agricultural Systems: Contrasts and Contradictions in Land Managers Attitudes and Practices

Landscape Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 205-217

  Pinto Correia, Teresa ^a   Menezes, Helena ^a   Barroso, Luis Filipe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

land manager; management paradigms; Montado landscape; productivism and post productivism; typology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; FARMING SYSTEM; LAND MANAGEMENT; PASTORALISM; PRODUCTIVITY; RURAL AREA; TYPOLOGY;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84901693366     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2013.790948     Document Type: Article

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