Land quality, sustainable development and environmental degradation in agricultural districts: A computational approach based on entropy indexes

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  2017

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  Environmental Impact Assessment Review

• Publication date

  2017-05-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.EIAR.2017.01.003
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