Planning the future exploitation of ornamental stones in Portugal using a weighed multi-dimensional approach

J. Carvalho, C. Lopes, A. Mateus, L. Martins and M. Goulão

Resources Policy, 2018, vol. 59, issue C, 298-317

Abstract: Portugal is one of the world's leading producers of ornamental stones and, in the last 50 years, this economic sector registered an annual national average growth of 4%. However, the lack of land-use policies that effectively safeguard the access of extractive industry to the places where these resources occur, current and foreseen production is at risk, compromising the contribution of this sector to the national economy and to the supply of forthcoming generations.

Keywords: Ornamental stones; Portugal; Safeguarding; Land-use planning; Multi-criteria methodology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2018.08.001

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