Linking people to watershed protection planning with a gis: A case study of a central american watershed

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 663-675

  Shultz, Steven ^a   Saenz, Fernando ^b   Hyman, Glenn ^c  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Central America; Farm level ownership and production data; GIS; Land use and degradation; Soil conservation

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; FARM SIZE; GIS; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; MAPPING; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATERHSED; WATERSHED;

COSTA RICA; PACUARE RIVER;

EID: 0031725856     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941929809381110     Document Type: Article

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