Overview
- Contributions from 60 authors in 12 countries covering both assessment of sustainability and ways of building sustainable farming systems
- Includes many real-life examples of the application of sustainability assessment methodologies
- Identifies a range of key methods for supporting decision making on suitable sustainable agricultural projects
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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European context for sustainability assessment of farming systems
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Multiple aspects to develop methodologies for sustainability assessment of farming systems
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Application of methodologies for sustainability assessment of farming systems in real contexts
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Sustainability assessment in organic and multifunctional systems
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Decision support methods for sustainable farming systems
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Methods and Procedures for Building Sustainable Farming Systems
Book Subtitle: Application in the European Context
Editors: Ana Alexandra Marta-Costa, Emiliana L. D. G. Soares da Silva
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5003-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-5002-9Published: 17 October 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9661-4Published: 09 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-5003-6Published: 20 October 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 280
Additional Information: Kind permission was given by Elsevier Limited, Oxford, UK for the use of chapters 4 and 6
Topics: Sustainable Development, Agricultural Economics, Agriculture, Operations Research/Decision Theory