Implications of changing national policies on land use in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 441-453

  Thapa, Gopal B ^a   Rasul, Golam ^b  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Chittagong Hill Tracts; Colonial period; Land use change; National policy; Post colonial period

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEFORESTATION; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POST-COLONIALISM;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST; FORESTRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; POPULATION MIGRATION; TAX; TILLAGE;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; CHITTAGONG [BANGLADESH]; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33750201014     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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