Historical anthropogenic land degradation related to agricultural systems: Case studies form Iran and Mexico

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 277-286

  Farshad, Abbas ^a   Barrera Bassols, Narciso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hagmataneh hill; Hamadan District; Historical land degradation; Iran; Lake P tzcuaro Basin; Mexico; San Francisco Pich taro

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; LAND DEGRADATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HAMADAN; IRAN; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0346640360     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.2003.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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