Changing systems and changing landscapes: Measuring and interpreting land use transformation in African drylands

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-118

  Mortimore, Michael ^a   Ba, Magatte ^b   Mahamane, Ali ^c,d   Rostom, R S ^e   Serra del Pozo, Pau ^f   Turner, Beryl ^g  

^a Drylands Research   (United Kingdom)

^b Third World Forum Dakar   (Senegal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ ABDOU MOUMOUNI   (Niger)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^f UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Adaptation; Intensification; Land cover change; Land use change; Transition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGRARIAN CHANGE; ARID ENVIRONMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; RURAL ECONOMY;

EID: 22244446346     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2005.10649530     Document Type: Article

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