Has the Sahel a future?

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 649-663

  Wickens, G E ^a  

^a Triangle   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropozoological pressures; Climatic change; Desertification; Drought; Future prospects

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CHANGE; DESERTIFICATION; NATURE-STUDY RELATIONS; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

AFRICA; SAHEL;

EID: 0031464610     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1997.0303     Document Type: Article

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