Temporal heterogeneity in the study of African land use: Interdisciplinary collaboration between anthropology, human geography and remote sensing

Human Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-17

  Guyer, Jane I ^a   Lambin, Eric F ^b   Cliggett, Lisa ^c   Walker, Peter ^d   Amanor, Kojo ^e   Bassett, Thomas ^f   Colson, Elizabeth ^g   Hay, Rod ^h   Homewood, Katherine ⁱ   Linares, Olga ^j   Pabi, Opoku ^e   Peters, Pauline ^k   Scudder, Thayer ^l   Turner, Matthew ^m   Unruh, John ⁿ  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^k HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

ⁿ MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

African land use; Anthropology; Long term studies; Remote sensing; Temporal heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA;

EID: 33847006219     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-006-9085-2     Document Type: Article

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