Environmental resources, population and sustainability: Evidence from Zimbabwe

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 148-168

  Lado, Cleophas ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; POPULATION PRESSURE; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0033379187     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9493.00051     Document Type: Article

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