An Exploration of Scenarios to Support Sustainable Land Management Using Integrated Environmental Socio-economic Models

Environmental Management

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1005-1021

  Fleskens, L ^a,b   Nainggolan, D ^a,c   Stringer, L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Decision making; Integrated modeling; Land degradation mitigation; Scenario analysis; Spatial cost benefit analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND USE; PRODUCTIVITY; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING; INTEGRATED MODELING; LAND DEGRADATION; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC MODEL; SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENTS; TECHNOLOGY SCENARIOS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POLICY; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TECHNOLOGY; TRENDS;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84919877858     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0202-x     Document Type: Article

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