A Spatial Integrated Database for the Enhancement of the Agricultural Custodianship Role (SIDECAR)—Some preliminary tests using Tuscany as a case-study Region

Laura Fastelli, Massimo Rovai and Maria Andreoli

Land Use Policy, 2018, vol. 78, issue C, 791-802

Abstract: Agriculture plays a fundamental role in the provision and regulation of Ecosystem Services. As a result, the loss of farmland or its mismanagement may consistently reduce community well-being. This problem is particularly felt in the Mediterranean area, where pedoclimatic conditions and high anthropic pressure on scarce resources are making rural systems more fragile. Policy is a very important driver in the promotion of sustainable agriculture and soil protection. However, it would appear that policy does not adequately address the scale and urgency of soil and environment protection issues. The complexity of factors that influence the role played by agriculture in territorial custodianship and Ecosystem service provision demands dynamic management tools, where information and territory are closely intertwined in providing adequate knowledge for intervention.

Keywords: GIS analysis; Integration of farm and territorial data; Rural landscape; Common agricultural policy; Rural planning; Regional and sectoral programming; Soil consumption; Multifuctional agriculture; Custodian farmers; Ecosystem services; Tuscany; Lucca province; Territorial governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.07.025

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