Farmland abandonment in Europe: Identification of drivers and indicators, and development of a composite indicator of risk

Land Use Policy

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 20-34

  Terres, Jean Michel ^a   Scacchiafichi, Luigi Nisini ^a   Wania, Annett ^a   Ambar, Margarida ^b   Anguiano, Emeric ^c   Buckwell, Allan ^d   Coppola, Adele ^e   Gocht, Alexander ^f   Källström, Helena Nordström ^g   Pointereau, Philippe ^h   Strijker, Dirk ⁱ   Visek, Lukas ^c   Vranken, Liesbet ^j   Zobena, Aija ^k  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b EIP AGRI Service Point   (Belgium)

^c EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^d Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^f THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

^g SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^h Solagro   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

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Author keywords

Common agricultural policy; Composite indicator; Europe; Farmland abandonment; Land management

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL LAND; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ESTONIA; FINLAND; GREECE; IRELAND; ITALY; LATVIA; PORTUGAL; SPAIN; SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84937913300     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.06.009     Document Type: Article

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