The interactive role of human and environmental dimensions in the desertification debate

Annals of Arid Zone

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 255-270

  Smith, Mark Stafford ^a   Reynolds, James F ^b  

^a Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dahlem Desertification Paradigm; Land degradation; Learning; Local environmental knowledge; Resilience; Sustainability; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

EID: 10644225466     PISSN: 05701791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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