Analysis of village accessibility and its impact on land use dynamics in a mountainous province of northern Vietnam

Applied Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 308-326

  Castella, Jean Christophe ^a,b,c   Manh, Pham Hung ^c   Kam, Suan Pheng ^b   Villano, Lorena ^b   Tronche, Nathalie Rachel ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^c Vietnam Agricultural Science Institute   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Mountain agriculture; Road network; Rural development; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; GIS; LAND USE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; BAC KAN; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 27744523365     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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