Pathways of human sprawl in wilderness buffer zones

Population and Environment

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 285-306

  Vanderpost, Cornelis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Africa; Human sprawl; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

BUFFER ZONE; LOCAL PLANNING; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION PRESSURE; PROTECTED AREA; SUBSISTENCE; WILDERNESS AREA;

AFRICA;

EID: 33745869006     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-006-0022-5     Document Type: Article

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