Population growth and loss of arable land

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 303-311

  Döös, Bo R ^a  

^a Global Environmental Management   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cropland loss; Cropland protection; Land reserves

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARABLE FARMING; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION GROWTH; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0036892801     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-3780(02)00043-2     Document Type: Article

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