Multi-criteria decision approach and sustainable territorial subsystems: An Italian rural and mountain area case study

Agricultural land resource allocation to develop food crop commodities: lesson from Indonesia

“…This is really important to be implemented in the middle of coronavirus because the employment rate remains increasing despite the pandemic. However, if the capital is getting limited, the third scenario will be implemented ( Smith et al., 2017 ; Zolin et al., 2017 ).…”

Sustainability in Peripheral and Ultra-Peripheral Rural Areas through a Multi-Attribute Analysis: The Case of the Italian Insular Region

“…The identification of the state of sustainability at different territorial levels (in our case municipalities) allows policy makers to target policies and strategies for achieving a balance between the different sustainability dimensions. The literature offers numerous applications relating to the measurement of sustainability [5,8,9,12,36] mainly in rural areas, but peripheral areas are not excluded. Our study, compared to those proposed by the literature, focuses on four territorial typologies that hinge on the concept of periphery, connecting it to that of rurality, which, in the selected municipalities, has been shown to be either intermediate rural or rural with comprehensive development problems.…”

“…For the environmental pillar, a balance among the possible risks (hydrogeological risk and soil erosion) and positive impacts on the environment (organic farmers and park areas) were taken into consideration. ECO5-GSP/TAA Gross saleable production (GSP) over total agricultural area (TAA) CREA -RICA, 2018 [22] ECO6-Agrit_Income/AWU Income from agritourism over annual working units (AWU = 1800h/year) CREA -RICA, 2018 [22] Environment (ENV) ENV1-Flood risk Area in square kilometers in which there is a medium flood risk (time for recovery between 100 and 200 years) ISTAT, 2018 [15] ENV2-Risk of landslide Area in square kilometers with at least high risk of landslides ISTAT, 2018 [15] ENV3-Fertilizer Quantity of fertilizer products for each hectare of the municipality RICA, 2018 [22] ENV4-Organic agriculture Number of organic farmers over the total farmers RICA, 2018 [22] ENV5-Land consumption Land turned into artificial land over total land (%) ISPRA, 2019 [23] ENV6-Park Area Presence of a national or regional park in the municipality (YES/NO) Websites of each national or regional park Among the mathematical and machine learning tools available to decision makers, due to the ease with which its outcomes can be understood, RST appears to be the best fit for this multi-attribute analysis [9,13]. The theory enunciated by Pawlak [24] relies mainly on two concepts: the indiscernibility relations and the equivalence of classes.…”

“…From a territorial sustainable development perspective, a multi-criteria approach is recognized as a useful tool [8,9], about which a vast and growing literature has been developed [10][11][12]. More specifically, we used the rough set theory (RST) approach because of its capacity to discover hidden patterns in data [9]. Furthermore, the set of "if ... then" rules induced with this method allows us to propose approaches to sustainable territorial instruments with more effective results.…”

Common agricultural policy and sustainable management of areas with natural handicaps. The Veneto Region case study

“…However, they are discriminated against in terms of income, and not just in relation to the plain areas. They present a scarcely differentiated productive structure and limited job opportunities, as well as reduced access to public utilities and communication services, to mention just a few differentiating factors (Zolin et al 2017). In these areas, active agriculture plays a decisive role in terms of environmental protection and biodiversity conservation, as well as prevention from extreme climatic events (such as floods).…”