A socio-economic analysis of mangrove degradation in Samoa

Geographical Review of Japan

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 159-186

  Boon, Juliet Mavis ^a  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coastal reclamation; Mangrove degradation; Samoa; Socio economic analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; MANGROVE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

SAMOA;

EID: 14244270863     PISSN: 02896001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4157/grj1984b.74.159     Document Type: Article

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