Merging local and regional analyses of land-use change: The case of livestock in the Sahel

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 192-219

  Turner, Matthew D ^a,b  

^a Sahelian Centre   (Niger)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Gender; Land use change; Livestock; Political ecology; Sahel

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; LAND USE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; RURAL ECONOMY;

AFRICA; SAHEL;

EID: 0032815796     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8306.00142     Document Type: Article

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