Multicriteria Analysis in Agriculture : Current Trends and Recent Applications /: Current Trends and Recent Applications. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Julio Berbel, Thomas Bournaris, Basil Manos, Nikolaos Matsatsinis, Davide Viaggi, editors.
• Editors: Berbel, Julio; Bournaris, Thomas; Manos, Basil; Viaggi, Davide
• Other Names: Matsatsinis, Nikolaos F
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Contents; Multi-scaling Agroclimatic Classification for Decision Support Towards Sustainable Production; 1 Introduction; 2 Background; 3 Methodology; 3.1 Climate Change and Agroclimatic Zoning; 3.1.1 Climate Variability and Change; 3.2 Agroclimatic Zoning; 3.2.1 Hydroclimatic Zones; 3.2.2 General Agroclimatic Zoning; 3.2.3 Specific Agroclimatic Zoning; 3.2.4 Multi-scaling Agroclimatic Zones; 3.3 Multi-criteria Modelling; 3.3.1 Components of the Multi-criteria Objective Function; 3.3.2 Constraints of the Multi-criteria Modelling; 3.4 Web Agricultural Production Platform 4 Study Area and Database4.1 Study Area; 4.2 Data Base and Preprocessing; 5 Application of the Two-Stage Methodological Approach; 5.1 Agroclimatic Zoning; 5.1.1 Hydroclimatic Zoning; 5.1.2 General Agroclimatic Zoning; 5.1.3 Specific Agroclimatic Zoning; 5.2 Application of the Multi-criteria Methodology; 5.2.1 Pay-Off Matrix; 5.2.2 Comparison of the Observed and Simulated Situations; 6 Discussion of Results; 7 Summary and Conclusions; References; Review of Multicriteria Methodologies and Tools for the Evaluation of the Provision of Ecosystem Services; 1 Introduction and Objective 2 Ecosystem Services Concept3 Literature Review on ES Concept; 4 Multicriteria Approaches in ES Evaluation; 5 Discussion; 6 Conclusions; References; Integrating AHP and GIS Techniques for Rural Landscape and Agricultural Activities Planning; 1 Introduction; 2 Methodology; 2.1 Territorial Assessment of the Risk of Forest Fires in Livorno (Leghorn) Province; 2.2 Productive and Landscape Restoration of a Hilly Rural Area (Pieve di Compito, Lucca); 2.3 Planning in the Rural-Urban Fringe Taking into Account the Multifunctional Role of Agriculture (Piana di Lucca, Lucca) 2.4 Sustainable Governance of a Cultural-Historic Landscape (Val dÓrcia, Siena)3 Results; 3.1 Territorial Assessment of the Risk of Forest Fires in Livorno (Leghorn) Province; 3.2 Productive and Landscape Restoration of a Hilly Rural Area; 3.3 Planning in the Rural-Urban Fringe Taking into Account the Multifunctional Role of Agriculture; 3.4 Sustainable Governance of a Cultural-Historic Landscape; 4 Concluding Remarks; References; The Use of the Analytic Network Process for the Analysis of Public Goods Supply from Agricultural Systems: Advances and Challe...; 1 Introduction; 2 The Method 3 The Analytic Network Process Applied to the Analysis of Public Goods: A Summary of Selected Papers3.1 Assessing the Role of Economic Actors in the Production of Private and Public Goods in Three EU Agricultural Landscapes (V...; 3.1.1 Background and Rationale; 3.1.2 Method Application; 3.1.3 Main Results; 3.2 Analysing the Provision of Agricultural Public Goods: The Case of Irrigated Olive Groves in Southern Spain (Villanueva et ...; 3.2.1 Background and Rationale; 3.2.2 Method Application; 3.2.3 Main Results; Public Goods (Received Influences Approach)
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 338.1; Business; Agriculture -- Economic aspects; Agriculture -- Environmental aspects; Agriculture -- Management; Management science; Operations research; Agricultural economics; Mathematical optimization; Environmental economics; Game theory; Forests and forestry; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General; Agriculture -- Economic aspects; Agriculture -- Environmental aspects; Agriculture -- Management; Business & Economics -- Industries -- Agribusiness; Mathematics -- Applied; Business & Economics -- Economics -- General; Mathematics -- Game Theory; Technology & Engineering -- Agriculture -- Forestry; Agricultural science; Optimization; Environmental economics; Game theory; Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques; Business & Economics -- Operations Research; Operational research; Business and Management; Operations Research/Decision Theory; Agricultural Economics; Optimization; Environmental Economics; Game Theory; Forestry Management; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319769295; 3319769294
• Related ISBNs: 9783319769288; 3319769286
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF file page (EBSCO, viewed June 22, 2018).
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