An Index to Measure Rural Diversity in the Light of Rural Resilience and Rural Development Debate

Diversity has been extensively studied in ecological systems and its relationship with resilience has been well recognized. In social and ecological systems, in fact, diversity is considered key to determining resilience where resilience is defined as system’s capacity to learn and adapt in the face...

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Main Authors: Quaranta Giovanni, Salvia Rosanna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2014-06-01
Series:European Countryside
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2014-0009