Seasonal migration and land-use change in Ghana

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-47

  Braimoh, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Land use change; Macroeconomic policies; Seasonal migration

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FARMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS; WOOD;

SEASONAL MIGRATION; SOIL FERTILITY;

LAND USE;

LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VOLTA BASIN; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 1442289620     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.588     Document Type: Article

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