Territorial systems, regional disparities and sustainability: Economic structure and soil degradation in Italy

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 3086-3104

  Salvati, Luca ^a   Zitti, Marco ^b   Carlucci, Margherita ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; Mediterranean region; Multidimensional approach; Socioeconomic systems

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MEDITERRANEAN SOIL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

ITALY;

EID: 84902953914     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6053086     Document Type: Article

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