Spatial processes in scalar context: Development and security in the Brazilian Amazon

Journal of Latin American Geography

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 125-148

  Simmons, Cynthia S ^a   Caldas, Marcellus M ^a   Aldrich, Stephen P ^a   Walker, Robert T ^a   Perz, Stephen G ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Environmental security; Land conflict; Political ecology; Politics of scale

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CONFLICT; RURAL POPULATION; SECURITY THREAT;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34249049810     PISSN: 15452476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lag.2007.0016     Document Type: Article

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