Land use changes vis-à-vis agricultural development in Southeastern Burkina Faso: The field expansion dilemma

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 57-69

  Reenberg, Anette ^a   Oksen, Peter ^b   Svendsen, Jannick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Crop livestock interaction; Land cover; Land use; Sudan Sahel

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 1142281950     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2003.10649492     Document Type: Article

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