A case study of land reform and coastal land transformation in southern Sonora, Mexico

Land Use Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 436-447

  Luers, Amy L ^a,b   Naylor, Rosamond L ^b   Matson, Pamela A ^b  

^a UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Article 27; Ejido; Latin America; Mexico; Shrimp aquaculture; Yaqui valley

Indexed keywords

LAND REFORM; LAND TENURE; LAND USE CHANGE; SHRIMP CULTURE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SONORA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 33745640539     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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