Rural Landscapes and Agricultural Policies in Europe

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. Multifunctional Concepts, Societal Demand and Impact Assessment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Operational Framework of the MEA-Scope Project

      • Annette Piorr, Klaus Müller

      Pages 3-20

   3. Agricultural Activities, Rural Areas and Natural Environment: Drawing Up the Frontiers of the Multifunctionality Concept

      • Sylvie Ferrari, Mbolatiana Rambonilaza

      Pages 21-34

   4. Multifunctionality Concepts: A Critical Assessment of the Framework Approaches

      • Leonardo Casini, Ginevra V. Lombardi

      Pages 35-52

   5. Societal Demand for Commodity and Non-commodity Outputs – A Regional Perspective

      • Christian Schader, Heidrun Moschitz, Chris Kjeldsen, Jakub Wasilewski, Matthias Stolze

      Pages 53-72

   6. TOP-MARD Problematique, Structure and Progress – The Case of Norway

      • John Bryden, Karen Refsgaard

      Pages 73-97

3. Modelling of Policy Induced Structural Change and Adaptation of Agricultural Practices

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99

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   2. The MEA-Scope Modelling Approach

      • Peter Zander, Sandra Uthes, Claudia Sattler, Franz-Josef Reinhardt, Annette Piorr, Kathrin Happe et al.

      Pages 101-121

   3. A Scenario-Wise Analysis of Economic and Environmental Impacts in the MEA-Scope Case Study Regions

      • Sandra Uthes, Claudia Sattler, Amanda Sahrbacher, Vladimir Hutar, Georges Amon, Eric Perret et al.

      Pages 123-142

   4. Recreating Context in Spatial Modelling of Agricultural Landscapes

      • Martin Damgaard, Chris Kjeldsen, Fabrizio Ungaro

      Pages 143-156

   5. Spatial Characteristics of Land Use Patterns in Mugello (Central Italy) and Policy Impacts on Their Environmental Outputs

      • Fabrizio Ungaro, Arianna Ciancaglini, Claudia Sattler, Sandra Uthes, Martin Damgaard, Kathrin Happe et al.

      Pages 157-172

4. Linking Scales, Policy Issues and Impacts

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173

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   2. Scaling from Farm to Landscape

      • Tommy Dalgaard, Chris Kjeldsen, Margit Styrbæk Jørgensen, Nicholas Hutchings, Lisbeth Mogensen, Amanda Sahrbacher et al.

      Pages 175-189

   3. Analysing Exemplary Policy Issues Using the MEA-Scope Framework

      • Amanda Sahrbacher, Kathrin Happe, Sandra Uthes, Claudia Sattler, Tommy Dalgaard

      Pages 191-205

   4. Implementing the Indicators of the MEA-Scope Multifunctionality Impact Assessment Approach: A Gap Between Supply and Demand of NCOs?

      • Yuca Waarts, Kathrin Happe, Tommy Dalgaard, Peter Zander

      Pages 207-219

5. Regional and Local Case Study Stories of a Europe in Change

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221

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   2. Environmental Impacts of Pillar I and II with Specific Respect to Designated Areas – Results from the MEA-Scope Case Study in Germany

      • Claudia Sattler, Sandra Uthes, Uwe Heinrich

      Pages 223-238

   3. Validation of an Agent-Based, Spatio-Temporal Model for Farming in the River Gudenå Landscape. Results from the MEA-Scope Case Study in Denmark

      • Martin Damgaard, Chris Kjeldsen, Amanda Sahrbacher, Kathrin Happe, Tommy Dalgaard

      Pages 239-254

   4. Impacts of Three Direct Payment Options on Farm Structure, Economic Performance and Production Pattern: Results from the MEA-Scope Case Study in Italy

      • Arianna Ciancaglini, Giuseppe Piani, Sandra Uthes, Martin Damgaard, Franz Josef Reinhardt, Kathrin Happe et al.

      Pages 255-268

These are the final results and reflections of the project MEA-Scope. This project with the full title “Micro-economic instruments for impact assessment of multifunctional agriculture to implement the model of European Agriculture” was a pioneering project. It was among the first which were funded in the new activity Scientific Support to Policies of the th 6 Research Framework Programme. Policy decisions – especially at the European level – are never easy. What policy-makers decide will potentially affect the lives of millions of people for many years. This makes reaching informed decisions crucial, and scientific research can help illuminate their policy choices. MEA-Scope was one of two projects which addressed the research p- orities for European Rural areas which were identified in an EC workshop on Multifunctionality in Agriculture in 2001. Scientific Support to Policies in the Research Framework Programme is facing the challenge to identify in the discussions between policy makers and the research community those topics which can be addressed in a m- term strategic research programme. When the research topic was published Multifunctionality of Agriculture was among the concepts with many - search questions open. It was considered that positivistic approaches into technology aspects of agriculture, forestry and other rural activities based on natural resources and land use are needed, as well as more normative research with regard to trade, food quality and safety, animal welfare, en- ronment, rural development and cultural issues.

• Agent based Modelling
• European Union (EU)
• Impact Assessment
• Institution
• Multifunctional Agriculture
• Policy
• Rural Development
• Structural Change
• adaptation
• agriculture
• environment
• modeling
• sustainability
• landscape/regional and urban planning

• Landnutzungsforschung e.V. (ZALF), Inst. Sozioökonomie, Zentrum für Agrarlandschafts- und, Müncheberg, Germany

  Annette Piorr, Klaus Müller

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