Socioeconomic factors affecting farmers' perceptions of land degradation and stonewall terraces in central Palestine

Environmental Management

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 380-394

  Hammad, Ahmad Abu ^a   Børresen, Trond ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Erosion; Incentives; Land ownership; Socioeconomy; Soil conservation; Tenure size

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; EROSION; SOIL CONSERVATION;

INCENTIVES; SOCIOECONOMY; TENURE SIZE;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

FARMERS ATTITUDE; LAND DEGRADATION; PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOIL CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAND USE; LAW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALESTINE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ATTITUDE; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; OWNERSHIP; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOIL; TRITICUM; URBANIZATION;

EID: 32444435018     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0195-6     Document Type: Article

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