This work is part of a well-established strand of study about quality of life (QoL) and the different methodologies for its quantitative evaluation. The study focuses on a specific dimension of QoL, that of the eudaimonic well-being (EuWB), with two main objectives. On the one hand, we try to...

In the last few years interest in short food supply chains has been steadily increasing, finding ever more room in both institutional and scientific debate. This paper aims at identifying the implications of short food chains for environmental, social and economic issues, as they emerge from the...

<Para ID="Par1">Peri-urban agriculture is exposed to multiple pressures, which push to diversification and multifunctionality. However, the urban-rural link develops in different ways according to the features of the territories. A very interesting case is that of mountain areas, where the proportion among...</para>

Questo lavoro si pone l’obiettivo di proporre un approccio interpretativo che sia in grado di guidare la valutazione della sostenibilità delle diverse forme organizzative delle filiere agroalimentari, offrendone una prima applicazione alla misura della sostenibilità ambientale di diversi...

This paper provides insights of the Italian farmers' markets (FMs) experience. These short food chains can be conceptualized among the so-called "alternative agro-food networks", which reject the traditional food chains features - productivity, products standardization and industrial...

Il turismo nelle aree rurali può rappresentare una vera e propria leva di sviluppo territoriale di lungo periodo. Con la domanda turistica sempre più orientata verso un "turismo dell’esperienza", però, la governance della destinazione è fondamentale e richiede un sistema di gestione in...

The objective of this paper is to deeply analyze some of the theoretical and methodological implications linked to the definition, the characterization, the evaluation and the estimation of the economic results of a multifunction agricultural farm. A deep study of these aspects seems essential...

An increasing number of consumers orient their purchase choices considering values such as sensitivity towards environmental preservation, rejection of discrimination and solidarity with the poorest peoples. The recent case of agricultural produces supplied by farms where disadvantaged people...

Organic agriculture is a method of production that answers to calls for “ethical extensionism” which, abandoning the anthropocentric view, recognizes new moral interests, among which the environment occupies a leading position. Considering that organic production processes alone do not...