Land-use changes in Himalaya and their impact on the plains ecosystem: Need for sustainable land use

Land Use Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 101-111

  Tiwari, P C ^a  

^a KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Extension of cultivation; Flooding; Integrated catchment management; Loss of irrigation potential; Subsistence agriculture

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND USE; SOIL EROSION;

INDIA;

EID: 0034177006     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8377(00)00002-8     Document Type: Article

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