Land use choice and change: Intensification and diversification in the lowland tropics of Costa Rica

Human Organization

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 298-306

  Schelhas, John ^a,b  

^a Prog Ecol Social Sci C

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology

Author keywords

Cash crops; Costa Rica; Forest; Land use; Tropics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BOSERUP THEORY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE IMPACT; LOWLAND TROPICAL AGRICULTURE; TROPICS;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0030435316     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.55.3.k4v1050710073063     Document Type: Article

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