Patterns and implications of land use/cover change: A case study in Pranmati Watershed (Garhwal Himalaya, India)

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 56-62

  Sen, K K ^a   Semwal, R L ^a   Rana, U ^a   Nautiyal, S ^a   Maikhuri, R K ^a   Rao, K S ^a   Saxena, K G ^a  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Agricultural expansion; Forest resources; Himalaya; India; Land use change; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; ANIMALIA; FAGOPYRUM; FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM; FAGOPYRUM TATARICUM; PANICUM; PANICUM MILIACEUM; SETARIA ITALICA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0036255228     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/0276-4741(2002)022[0056:PAIOLU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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