On scale and disciplinarity in the study of natural resource use in the Sahel - lessons from the SEREIN research program

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISS. 2, 1999, Pages 1-13

  Marcussen, Henrik Secher ^a   Reenberg, Anette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Combination of disciplines; Degradation; Environment; Hierarchical systems; Land use; Sahel

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

AFRICA; SAHEL;

EID: 0033383126     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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