Mediterranean countries’ food consumption and sourcing patterns:An Ecological Footprint viewpoint

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 578, Issue , 2017, Pages 383-391

  Galli, Alessandro ^a   Iha, Katsunori ^a   Halle, Martin ^a   El Bilali, Hamid ^b   Grunewald, Nicole ^a   Eaton, Derek ^a   Capone, Roberto ^b   Debs, Philipp ^b   Bottalico, Francesco ^b  

^a Global Footprint Network   (Switzerland)

^b International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies   (Italy)

Author keywords

Food consumption; Food security; Food trade; Footprint; Mediterranean diet

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SECURITY; FOOTPRINT; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

FOOD SUPPLY;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIET; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOOD MARKET; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD SUPPLY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

ALBANIA; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CROATIA; CYPRUS; ECOSYSTEM; EGYPT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD SECURITY; FRANCE; GREECE; ISRAEL; ITALY; MALTA; MOROCCO; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUNISIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); AGRICULTURE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIET; EGYPT; FOOD SUPPLY; FRANCE; GREECE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALTA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PORTUGAL; SLOVENIA;

EID: 85003000723     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.191     Document Type: Article

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