The epistemology of Southeast Asia's anthropogenic grasslands : Issues of myth, science and development

Southeast Asian Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 223-239

  Dove, Michael R ^a,b  

^a EAST WEST CENTER   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTION; GRASSLAND; GRASSLAND UTILISATION;

ASIA, (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 0031393926     PISSN: 05638682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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