Proximate causes of land-use change in Narok district, Kenya: A spatial statistical model

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 85, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 65-81

  Serneels, Suzanne ^a   Lambin, Eric F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Kenya; Land use change; Multiple logistic regression; Proximate causes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; LAND USE CHANGE; MODELING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

KENYA;

EID: 0035012705     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(01)00188-8     Document Type: Article

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