Environmental change and political-economic upheaval in precolonial western Uganda

Holocene

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 527-536

  Taylor, D ^a   Robertshaw, P ^b   Marchant, R A ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Climate; Culture; Determinism; Environment; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; SETTLEMENT; SOIL; UGANDA; VEGETATION;

CULTURAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

UGANDA;

EID: 0034046995     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968300674333176     Document Type: Article

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