Land resources of the Mediterranean: Status, pressures, trends and impacts on future regional development

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 373-384

  Zdruli, P ^a  

^a ISTITUTO AGRONOMICO MEDITERRANEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change; Crop production; Demography; Food security; Land degradation; Land use; Mediterranean region

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CULTIVATION; FOOD SUPPLY; LAND USE; REGIONAL PLANNING; SOILS;

CROP PRODUCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD SECURITY; LAND DEGRADATION; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD SECURITY; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; URBANIZATION; WOODLAND;

ALGERIA; EGYPT; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 84905401675     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2150     Document Type: Article

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