Searching for a downward spiral? Soil erosion risk, agro-forest landscape and socioeconomic conditions in Italian local communities

Land Use Policy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 388-396

  Sabbi, Alberto ^a   Salvati, Luca ^b  

^a ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Indicators; Land degradation; Mediterranean region; Multidimensional analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; LAND DEGRADATION; MITIGATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; AGROFORESTRY; RURAL AREA;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84904348362     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.06.023     Document Type: Article

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