Global land resources and population-supporting capacity

American Journal of Alternative Agriculture

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 129-136

  Eswaran, Hari ^a   Beinroth, Fred ^b   Reich, Paul ^a  

^a USDA NRCS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Food security; Land resource quality; Land resource stress; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

CARRYING CAPACITY; FOOD SECURITY; LAND MANAGEMENT; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

EID: 0033369005     PISSN: 08891893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0889189300008250     Document Type: Article

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