Social life cycle assessment and participatory approaches: A methodological proposal applied to citrus farming in Southern Italy

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 383-396

  De Luca, Anna Irene ^a   Iofrida, Nathalie ^a   Strano, Alfio ^a   Falcone, Giacomo ^a   Gulisano, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP); Citrus growing; Multicriteria decision analysis; Participatory approaches; Social Life Cycle Assessment (S LCA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006365309     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.1611     Document Type: Article

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