Challenging neo-Malthusian deforestation analyses in West Africa’s dynamic forest landscapes

Population and Development Review

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-43

  Leach, Melissa ^a   Fairhead, James ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; MALTHUSIAN THEORY; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

AFRICA;

EID: 0034025314     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2000.00017.x     Document Type: Article

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