Landscape indicators for rural development policies. Application of a core set in the case study of Piedmont Region

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 65, Issue , 2017, Pages 75-85

  Gottero, Enrico ^a   Cassatella, Claudia ^b  

^a IRES Piemonte   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); European Landscape Convention (ELC); Landscape Character Assessment; Landscape indicators; Rural Development Program (RDP); Rural landscape; Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LAND USE; REGIONAL PLANNING;

COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; EUROPEAN LANDSCAPE CONVENTION (ELC); LANDSCAPE CHARACTERS; LANDSCAPE INDICATORS; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL LANDSCAPES; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS;

RURAL AREAS;

COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POLICY; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT;

ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY];

EID: 85018942572     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2017.04.002     Document Type: Article

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