Environmental planning and management for the Assarawat highland region of south-western Saudi Arabia: The traditional versus the professional approach

Environmentalist

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 123-139

  Eben Saleh, Mohammed Abdullah ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Assarawat; Environmental planning; Land management; Southwest Saudi Arabia; Traditional versus professional

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LAND MANAGEMENT;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0342298470     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006708110093     Document Type: Article

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