Abandonment of agricultural land and its consequences: A case study in the Sikles Area, Gandaki Basin, Nepal Himalaya

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-40

  Khanal, Narendra Raj ^a   Watanabe, Teiji ^b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Accessibility; Agricultural land; Geomorphic damage; Himalaya; Land management; Nepal

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL LAND; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LAND MANAGEMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANDAKI; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33750717245     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/0276-4741(2006)026[0032:AOALAI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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