Natural resource depletion and the economic performance of local districts: Suggestions from a within-country analysis

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 518-523

  Salvati, Luca ^a   Zitti, Marco ^b  

^a ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

^b CRA Central Office for Crop Ecology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; Land degradation; Local labour systems; Multivariate approach; Per capita income

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; LAND DEGRADATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLICY APPROACH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE SCARCITY; VULNERABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 85010619149     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504500809469847     Document Type: Article

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