Development policies and tropical deforestation in the southern Yucatán Peninzula: Centralized and decentralized approaches

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 541-561

  Klepeis, P ^a  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Environmental history; Environmental policy; Land use; Mexico; Sustainable development; Tropical deforestation

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; DEFORESTATION; HARDWOODS; LAND USE; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; PUBLIC POLICY;

LAND ALLOCATION;

FORESTRY;

DECENTRALIZATION; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; LAND USE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; YUCATAN;

EID: 0347031704     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.583     Document Type: Article

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