%0 Generic %A Schader, Christian %A Stolze, Matthias %A Gattinger, Andreas %C New York, USA %D 2012 %E Boye, Joyce I. %E Arcand, Yves %F orgprints:21772 %I Springer Science+Business Media %K organic framing, climate change, biodiversity, Klima, Biodiversität, Umweltschutz, Systemvergleich, Bodenwissenschaften, Nachhaltigkeit, Sustainability %P 183-210 %T Environmental performance of organic farming %U https://orgprints.org/id/eprint/21772/ %X Content of chapter 8: 8.1 Organic farming as a green technology 8.2 Environmental impacts of organic farming 8.2.1 Biodiversity and landscape 8.2.2 Resource depletion 8.2.3 Climate change 8.2.4 Ground and surface water pollution 8.2.5 Air quality 8.2.6 Soil fertility 8.3 Methodological implications for a comparison of farming systems 8.3.1 Classification of methodological characteristics 8.3.2 Discussion of methodological implications 8.3.2.1 Consideration of the multifunctional character of agriculture 8.3.2.2 Covering land use impacts 8.3.2.3 Heterogeneity of products 8.3.2.4 Covering social and economic aspects of sustainable development 8.3.2.5 Regional variations in natural system capacity and environmental legislation 8.3.2.6 Consideration of the whole farm 8.3.2.7 Normative assumptions 8.3.2.8 Resulting decisions of agents are not taken into account 8.3.2.9 Bias of complexity and data availability 8.4 Conclusions