Land regularization on agricultural frontiers: The case of Northwestern Petén, Guatemala

Land Use Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 395-407

  Gould, Kevin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Guatemala; Land market; Land title; Neoliberal; Regularization

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; LAND MARKET; LAND REFORM; LANDOWNER; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RURAL AREA;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PETEN;

EID: 33745642976     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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