Biophysical and policy drivers of landscape change in a central Vietnamese district

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 164-172

  Thiha, ^a   Webb, Edward L ^a   Honda, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Conservation; Deforestation; Forest land allocation; Land use; Nam Dong; Policy analysis

Indexed keywords

FOREST CONSERVATION; FOREST LAND ALLOCATION; NAM DONG; POLICY ANALYSIS;

BIOPHYSICS; LAND USE; PUBLIC POLICY; REMOTE SENSING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; GIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LOGGING (TIMBER); POLICY ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LOGGING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; VIET NAM;

ASIA; EURASIA; NAM DONG; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 34447563780     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S037689290700389X     Document Type: Article

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