Science, myth and knowledge: Testing Himalayan environmental degradation in Thailand

Geoforum

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 375-392

  Forsyth, Timothy ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; SOIL EROSION; UPLAND AGRICULTURE;

THAILAND;

EID: 0030391269     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7185(96)00020-6     Document Type: Article

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