Translating local stakeholders' perception in rural development strategies under uncertainty conditions: An application to the case of the bio-based economy in the area of Foggia (South Italy)

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 37, Issue , 2015, Pages 61-74

  Lopolito, Antonio ^a   Prosperi, Maurizio ^a   Sisto, Roberta ^a   De Meo, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bio based economy; Biorefinery; Complex systems; Fuzzy Cognitive Maps; Fuzzy inference

Indexed keywords

FUZZY MATHEMATICS; KNOWLEDGE; PERCEPTION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

FOGGIA; ITALY; PUGLIA;

EID: 84955274926     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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