A framework for understanding on-farm environmental degradation and constraints to the adoption of soil conservation measures: Case studies from Highland Tanzania and Thailand

World Development

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1607-1620

  Jones, Samantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental degradation; Highlands; Soil conservation; Structuration theory; Tanzania; Thailand

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FARMERS ATTITUDE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL DEGRADATION;

TANZANIA; THAILAND;

EID: 0036754701     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(02)00056-6     Document Type: Article

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