Is land being degraded? A multi-scale investigation of landscape change in southwestern Burkina Faso

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 329-343

  Gray, L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Bwa; Intensification; Land degradation; Landscape change; Mossi; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; LAND DEGRADATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

BURKINA FASO;

ANIMALIA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 0032704223     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-145X(199907/08)10:4<329::AID-LDR361>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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