Lightening the tread of population on the land: American examples

Population and Development Review

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 531-545

  Waggoner, Paul E ^a   Ausubel, Jesse H ^a   Wernick, Iddo K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HUMAN IMPACT; LAND USE CHANGE; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030441628     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2137720     Document Type: Review

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