Soil erosion, policy and people's perceptions in a rural community in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

GeoJournal

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-64

  Pile, Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION CONTROL; PEOPLE'S PERCEPTIONS; SOIL EROSION;

SOUTH AFRICA, NATAL, KWAZULU;

EID: 0029669486     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00174929     Document Type: Article

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